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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by mbreese on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:41PM (#7722581)
If you're implementing an API, you don't need a license... (or at least you shouldn't). You are implementing something based upon given facts, which can't be copyrighted. Google thought that didn't need a license in the first place.

And that's the crux of this case... is an API copyrightable?

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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by b1daly on Friday May 09, 2014 @06:01PM (#7723478)
Well, doesn't it seem like the circuit court has answered this question in the affirmative?
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