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Difference from Coca-cola secret formula

Authored by: Kilz on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 10:40 AM EDT

Thats what a derivative work is in a simple way of saying
it.

But for the case of Oracle vs Google, and quite possibly
every other case, the names used are not subject to
copyright protection. Including the names used for things in
the API files. So even if 30%, or even 60%, of them are in
some file its not a derivative work if all you are looking
at is the names of functions , etc, in your comparison.
Then you have to look at the possibility that there could be
limited ways of writing something, or even possibly only one
way. If so its not protected by copyright.
Those are just two examples.

To sum it all up there are no simple rule that will lead you
to the conclusion of derivative works.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Difference from Coca-cola secret formula - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 03:32 PM EDT
- Difference from Coca-cola secret formula - Authored by: Kilz on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 03:56 PM EDT

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