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Answer: probably not, as API-topography is also a part of copyright Edit: this is wrong
by fergie 7mo ago
Answer: probably not, as API-topography is also a part of copyright
Edit: this is wrong
- Tiberium 7mo agoDidn't the Google - Oracle case about Java APIs in Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_.... directly disprove this?
- looperhacks 7mo agoIn the end, the supreme court case decided that the re-implementation fell under fair use, it did not answer the copyright question.
- Keyframe 7mo agoWasn't Oracle vs Google about all of that?
- scosman 7mo agoThe courts decided that wasn’t true for IBM, Java and many other cases. API typography describes functionality, which isn’t copyrightable (IANAL).