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This is a common misunderstanding of Google v Oracle. In reality, the Appeals Court ruled APIs are copyrightable and the Supreme Court declined to make a rulin
by cmeacham98 2y ago
This is a common misunderstanding of Google v Oracle.
In reality, the Appeals Court ruled APIs are copyrightable and the Supreme Court declined to make a ruling on that aspect.
- kmeisthax 2y agoThis is also my understanding of the case. I'm not sure what I misunderstood? The ruling says it's fair use, whether or not the subject matter of the fair use is copyrightable.
- cmeacham98 2y agoThe Supreme Court ruled the specific case of Google using Java APIs was fair use, but not any broad rules like "purpose of interoperability or developer convenience" are always fair use.