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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by aidenn0 on Friday May 09, 2014 @01:13PM (#7721988)
On the other hand, there are at least a few instances of BSD licensed alternatives to GPL licensed software; can GNU sue people who use those for copyright infringement?
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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by jboy55 on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:34PM (#7722547)
If someone made a BSD clone of your GPL software, then a bunch of companies took that BSD clone and built products off of it, keeping their modifications private. You'd bet the GNU people would help you sue.
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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by nullc on Friday May 09, 2014 @03:54PM (#7722922)
> BSD licensed alternatives to GPL licensed software

You mean like how Dalvik is Google's BSD (Well, Apache 2.0) licensed clone of Oracle's GPL licensed Java? (http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html) :)

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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by jboy55 on Friday May 09, 2014 @07:12PM (#7723768)
This is the case in point. You can't BSD license GPLed code without permission of the original copyright holder.
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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by Oletros on Saturday May 10, 2014 @03:13AM (#7724739)
Dalvik is not a JVM clone
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