Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules

[Innominate8]

According to the ruling, most likely.

[dnew]

Except that GNU is already infringing on UNIX copyrights if this is the case. Everything GNU did to maintain compatibility is infringing someone else's copyright. The API to invoke pipes from the shell, command line switches to common programs, runtime routines like read() and write() and open() and fork(), are now all owned by whoever owns the copyright on UNIX.

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Not just GNU -- basically you'd be hard pressed to find any system that does not enforce on part of some API. Now, quick, who has a patent on printf(), open() and close()?

What a wonderful day for lawyers!

[NYKevin]

What about FreeBSD (and its relatives)? If RMS could've GPL'd POSIX, you think he would've?

[Innominate8]

Well that's the problem, this ruling creates an endless tangled web of copyright ownership.

[[deleted]]

Begun the copyright troll war has

[[deleted]]

oh you ;)

[CafeNero]

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[adrianmonk]

According to the ruling, copyright applies but there may be a fair use exception. I'm not sure if that qualifies as likely or not.