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by fergie 106 days ago
Answer: probably not, as API-topography is also a part of copyright

Edit: this is wrong
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Tiberium 106 days ago
Didn't the Google - Oracle case about Java APIs in Android https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_.... directly disprove this?
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looperhacks 106 days ago
In the end, the supreme court case decided that the re-implementation fell under fair use, it did not answer the copyright question.
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scosman 106 days ago
The courts decided that wasn’t true for IBM, Java and many other cases. API typography describes functionality, which isn’t copyrightable (IANAL).
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Keyframe 106 days ago
Wasn't Oracle vs Google about all of that?
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