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Re:Explaining React's license by auxbuss on Saturday August 19, 2017 @02:13PM (#15054748)
Only in the US. In the EU, in particular, APIs cannot be copyrighted[0].

Namely: "For the avoidance of doubt, it has to be made clear that only the expression of a computer program is protected and that ideas and principles which underlie any element of a program, including those which underlie its interfaces, are not protected by copyright under this Directive."

[0] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:320...

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Re:Explaining React's license by joatmon-snoo on Monday August 21, 2017 @10:25PM (#15069271)
Whoops - sorry, yes, this is a very good point. I'm usually good at checking my own US-centric POV but I totally forgot here.
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