(IANAL, this is not legal advice.) I wish you, and cwyers, would provide better reasoning as to why this is all FUD before decrying it as such. I'm not seeing how "doesn't harm the ecosystem" is a fair-use defense. What…
I agree that Oracle isn't trying to create a ruling that obviates fair use; but assume you believe that the appellate court's ruling is correct, and APIs are copyrightable, how does fair use cover implementing an API…
IANAL, this is not legal advice. Linux and OS X implement the same APIs as Unix. Windows implements the same (or very similar) APIs as PM in OS/2. Most modern PCs reimplement the IBM PC "API", hence "PC compatible". >…
(IANAL, this is not legal advice.) I wish you, and cwyers, would provide better reasoning as to why this is all FUD before decrying it as such. I'm not seeing how "doesn't harm the ecosystem" is a fair-use defense. What…
I agree that Oracle isn't trying to create a ruling that obviates fair use; but assume you believe that the appellate court's ruling is correct, and APIs are copyrightable, how does fair use cover implementing an API…
IANAL, this is not legal advice. Linux and OS X implement the same APIs as Unix. Windows implements the same (or very similar) APIs as PM in OS/2. Most modern PCs reimplement the IBM PC "API", hence "PC compatible". >…