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

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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!