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by lmm 833 days ago
> Including code in your code would always be a copyright violation. The Oracle vs Google case is very different. The OP is talking about copying implementations while Oracle vs Google is about copying APIs.

Importing a module doesn't generally mean you include that module in your code. It only means you made use of that module's API. So whether that API was copyrightable is very much relevant.