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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:32PM (#26701941)
> Not after this precedent, which says that APIs are free

No, it doesn't. It says the "fair use" doctrine covers copying an API's "task calling" system, i.e. nomenclature and ontology.

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