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[Discuss] can you copyright an API?



On 04/24/2012 08:13 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Apr 24, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Derek Martin wrote:
>> I'm not sure what's left that could possibly prevent the GPL from
>> saving the day.
> Google claims that Dalvik is a clean-room implementation, not GPL.
But, since Oracle is claiming the API is patented, the Dalvik JVM
implements the API. So even if the developers did not ever even see a
Sun JVM the issue is the API and the specifications.

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