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I have a bad feeling already...

Authored by: wvhillbilly on Monday, April 30 2012 @ 10:43 PM EDT

I seem to recall that things in software that are essential for the software to
work properly that cannot be done any other way (such as APIs) can not be
protected by copyright. And if the order of the API must be preserved in order
for it to work, then it seems to me that would mean it cannot be protected by
copyright.

If you can't use the API specified for a particular operating system because the
API is protected by copyright it seems to me that would mean no third party
could write software for that OS. And that would defeat the purpose of having a
standardized API. Or to put it another way it would be like having to talk to
an English speaking audience in Swahili or some other foreign language. No one
would have even a foggy idea of what was being said.

---
"It is written." always trumps, "Um, ah, well, I thought..."

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I have a bad feeling already... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 12:25 AM EDT
- He also said that the code was not copied - Authored by: Ian Al on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 08:03 AM EDT
- I have a bad feeling already... - Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 09:26 AM EDT
- Some null set logic - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 10:15 AM EDT
  - Some null set logic - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 10:19 AM EDT
I have a bad feeling already... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 01:38 AM EDT

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