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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 07:38 AM EDT |
The difference between GPL and LGPL is in use of the *implementation* not use of
the *interface*.
The FSF have explicitly (and repeatadly) stated that if you don't like their
licenses then you are free to write your own code.
Take UNIX as a prime example. Linux reproduces a useful chunk of the UNIX API,
as does BSD, as does Solaris, as does HP-UNIX, as does...
Who owns the UNIX trademarks? Novell, last I checked. Does that give them a
stranglehold over Linux? No. Partly because Linux does not try to pass the
UNIX compatibility tests.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 08:33 AM EDT |
an API is a concept, you cannot copyright concepts
Concept: an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its
characteristics or particulars; a construct.
Characteristics including...
Documentation/Specification
Implementation Source Code
Compiled Source Code Implementation
Calling Code
And a name, or set of names.
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