[License-discuss] Copyright on APIs

[Bruce Perens]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 11:04 AM Richard Fontana <rfontana at redhat.com> wrote:

> I believe one could reasonably argue that a reimplementation of an API
> (necessarily copying the supposed expressive elements of the API) does
> not fit this definition [of a derivative work].


In my naivete, I would have thought that the question was whether or not it
was a prohibited act of simple copying of the API.

-- 
Bruce Perens - Partner, OSS.Capital.
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