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Unless the GPl'd work provides a novel API that the GPL code implements; that has been tested in court. The API is protected, by copyright, and linking to that
by thechao 3y ago
Unless the GPl'd work provides a novel API that the GPL code implements; that has been tested in court. The API is protected, by copyright, and linking to that API requires the use of the API. That's why you can't just link to GPL'd code will-he–nill-he, without the possibility of serious repercussions.
- fsmv 3y agoThat phrase you're looking for is willy nilly. You did a bone apple tea.
- Feathercrown 3y agoBone apple tea, with an em dash to boot
- urxvtcd 3y agowill (hypen-minus) he (en-dash) nill (hyphen-minus) he
- yifanl 3y agoShakespeare had it as will he nill he in Hamlet: > “If the man go to this water and drown himself, it is, will he nill he, he goes - mark you that.” (Hamlet.V.1) Though I admit I didn't know this until I actually looked it up just now :)
- bee_rider 3y ago“Will he nill he…” huh, I wonder if that’s the etymology of the modern expression. “Willy-nilly” just seems like a nonsense phrase. “Will he nill he” could be read as “will he or will he not,” right? It seems like only a couple short conceptual hops to go from “whether or not he decides to do something” to “look at all the random things he could do.”
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoI largely agree with you, but I can imagine a scenario where there is some connection to "Will he? Won't he?" semantically.
- eru 3y ago> Will he nill he…” huh, I wonder if that’s the etymology of the modern expression. Well, that's at least what the internet told me, last time I checked.
- bee_rider 3y agoI suppose I should have looked it up! For some reason I just looked up the definition of nill and tried to work out a plausible folk etymology from there.
- DinaCoder99 3y agoAPI protected by copyright? Sounds like a judge somewhere dun goofed, that just makes no sense on the face of it. The specific IMPLEMENTATION of an API maybe, but not the API itself.
- thechao 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America%2C_Inc.#Second_appellate_ruling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America%2...
- DinaCoder99 3y agoYea, that seemed like a massive mistake even at the time. The interface binding code together doesn't strike me as work worthy of protection.