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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by LogicUpgrade on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:12PM (#26700831)
Bad analogy, architecture schematics are subject to copyright and you can't just take them and use them, either.
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by spacemanmatt on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:46PM (#26701341)
People can and do steal architectural patterns all the time for reuse in their own structures. Are your getting it wrong on purpose?
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by mattkrause on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:28PM (#26701091)
Not wholesale, anyway.

This decision suggests you could include say, the negative of the neighboring building’s facade so that the two “interoperate” in a sensible way.

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