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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by hcknwscommenter on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:02PM (#16693166)
But they didn't just write their own APIs. They copied them. Thousands of them.
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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by cromwellian on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:40PM (#16694473)
Copying an API is what software developers call "implementing an API"

When you create your own USB cable, or electric plug, you aren't copying the API specs, you're implementing them.

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