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Re:Oracle v. Google - Judge Alsup Rules APIs Not Protected B... by perlgeek on Saturday June 02, 2012 @01:34PM (#4058582)
If my code just uses APIs from a GPLed library, how is it a derivative work? APIs aren't copyrightable (yay).

In my understanding only the compiled result which links to the GPLed library is a derivative work.

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