French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL

Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by DinaCoder99 on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:24AM (#39591522)

API protected by copyright? Sounds like a judge somewhere dun goofed, that just makes no sense on the face of it. The specific IMPLEMENTATION of an API maybe, but not the API itself.

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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by thechao on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:25AM (#39592202)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America%2...

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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by DinaCoder99 on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:46PM (#39596551)

Yea, that seemed like a massive mistake even at the time. The interface binding code together doesn't strike me as work worthy of protection.

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