|
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 01:28 PM EDT |
When you take an API specification that was recorded on some fixed medium
(printed or electronic), and you type it into your source code editor in order
to implement the API, you have made a copy of the API. I personally agree with
Oracle that the API as recorded on some fixed medium is subject to copyright,
and that the act of typing it into your source code editor infringes on the
copyright. I understand that doesn't jibe with what most Groklaw-sters believe,
but that is my personal belief. I will also go out on a limb and predict that
the jury will also see it that way, although I could be wrong. This is
unfortunately far from a clear cut case, but that is mostly because Sun did
everything possible to muddy the waters by encouraging people to use Java by
calling it open, while at the same time trying to keep it proprietary. IMO,
Oracle should lose for that reason, not because there can be no copyright
protection for an API.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
|
|
|
|
|