throwaway67215

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   by throwaway67215 8y ago

   (IANAL, this is not legal advice.) I wish you, and cwyers, would provide better reasoning as to why this is all FUD before decrying it as such. I'm not seeing how "doesn't harm the ecosystem" is a fair-use defense. What
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   by throwaway67215 8y ago

   I agree that Oracle isn't trying to create a ruling that obviates fair use; but assume you believe that the appellate court's ruling is correct, and APIs are copyrightable, how does fair use cover implementing an API for compatibi
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   by throwaway67215 8y ago

   IANAL, this is not legal advice. Linux and OS X implement the same APIs as Unix. Windows implements the same (or very similar ) APIs as PM in OS/2. Most modern PCs reimplement the IBM PC "API", hence "PC compatible&quot