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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by return0 on Friday May 20, 2016 @05:09AM (#11736456)
Google is trying to make the case that interfaces aren't 'code' here. That's the entire case here, right?
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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by raphman_ on Friday May 20, 2016 @05:26AM (#11736518)
Yes. I just wanted to clarify that code that "compiles to nothing", e.g., build instructions, may still be copyrightable. Therefore, I do not think that Page wanted to extend his definition of "non-code" to anything besides interfaces/declarations.
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Re:CEO Larry Page defends Google on the stand: “Declaring co... by sambe on Friday May 20, 2016 @06:07AM (#11736685)
No. Previous case already found APIs can be copyrighted. This one is about fair use.

Unless that claim about interfaces becomes crucial in some unforeseen way.

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