Oracle vs Google trial is finished and everybody, except Oracle, felt relief as it finished in Google's favour. But there is one thing that struck me during the trial: different treatment of language and APIs. While language is considered mostly un-copyrightable, it is open question can you copyright an API.
Showing posts with label programming languages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label programming languages. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Where Language Stops and API Starts
Oracle vs Google trial is finished and everybody, except Oracle, felt relief as it finished in Google's favour. But there is one thing that struck me during the trial: different treatment of language and APIs. While language is considered mostly un-copyrightable, it is open question can you copyright an API.
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