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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by hannasanarion on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:59PM (#26702292)
It's a win for all open software. Torvalds and Stallman didn't ask Bell's permission before re-implementing Unix
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by curt15 on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:46PM (#26702929)
Why was this comment downvoted? Does GNU/Linux not largely reimplement proprietary Unix?
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by kyberias on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:39AM (#26709913)
Yes why? Doesn't it?
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by hannasanarion on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:10AM (#26712759)
It does. There are some who would argue that the Linux copyright fight is already resolved because of the SCO suits, but that's wrong because

A: some of those suits are still ongoing, and

B: the suits never alleged infringement based on the API alone, SCO was claiming that Linux copied functional code in multiprocessing modules (we don't know which functions because they demand secrecy, even though it's open source).

Not even SCO, trolls that they are, were insane enough to claim that the APIs themselves are copyrighted.

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