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API spec copyrightability? Bad news: it's on!

Accepted submission by c0lo at 2014-05-09 23:58:54
Software
Good bye independent implementation of API's. Oracle wins the appeal on Java API copyright [scribd.com]. Page 5:

Because we conclude that the declaring code and the structure, sequence, and organization of the API packages are entitled to copyright protection, we reverse the district court's copyrightability determination with instructions to reinstate the jury's infringement finding as to the 37 Java packages


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