[License-discuss] Copyright on APIs

[Bruce Perens]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 8:26 AM VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> As argued  by the FSF FAQ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html>,
> the inclusion of *any* code element from a copylefted source makes the
> entire work a derived work.
>

At the same time, they lay no claim to an independently developed
implementation of an API. You can discuss with them their legal position in
greater detail, but they aren't asserting *API *copyrights as the mechanism
here.

    Thanks

    Bruce
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