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Subject: Re: copyright questions
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:42:54 +0200
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Le Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:21:41 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov  =

<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a =C3=A9crit:

> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:27:11 -0700 (PDT), Julian Leyh wrote:
>
>> Am Sonntag, 12. August 2012 14:46:29 UTC+2 schrieb Leo Brewin:
>>> Just to be clear, this is a port to Ada, not a set of bindings to th=
e  =

>>> Fortran code.
>>
>> Keep in mind that copyright does not cover interfaces (API, function
>> headers), data structures, nor functionality.
>
> Oracle vs. Google?
>
> Is it settled? Couldn't Oracle appeal?
>

In the case where Google were sued, a judgment precisely conclude on API=
:  =

not copyrightable. Luckily, as we don't need yet another kind of patent.=



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