← Back to context Comment by fergie 5 months ago Answer: probably not, as API-topography is also a part of copyrightEdit: this is wrong 4 comments fergie Reply Tiberium 5 months ago Didn't the Google - Oracle case about Java APIs in Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_.... directly disprove this? looperhacks 5 months ago In the end, the supreme court case decided that the re-implementation fell under fair use, it did not answer the copyright question. scosman 5 months ago The courts decided that wasn’t true for IBM, Java and many other cases. API typography describes functionality, which isn’t copyrightable (IANAL). Keyframe 5 months ago Wasn't Oracle vs Google about all of that?
Tiberium 5 months ago Didn't the Google - Oracle case about Java APIs in Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_.... directly disprove this? looperhacks 5 months ago In the end, the supreme court case decided that the re-implementation fell under fair use, it did not answer the copyright question.
looperhacks 5 months ago In the end, the supreme court case decided that the re-implementation fell under fair use, it did not answer the copyright question.
scosman 5 months ago The courts decided that wasn’t true for IBM, Java and many other cases. API typography describes functionality, which isn’t copyrightable (IANAL).
Didn't the Google - Oracle case about Java APIs in Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_.... directly disprove this?
In the end, the supreme court case decided that the re-implementation fell under fair use, it did not answer the copyright question.
The courts decided that wasn’t true for IBM, Java and many other cases. API typography describes functionality, which isn’t copyrightable (IANAL).
Wasn't Oracle vs Google about all of that?