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		comex on March 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Developer Freedom At Stake As Oracle Clings To Jav... Not necessarily. If the judgement that APIs are not copyrightable is upheld (which is a big if), the computing world will be a better place than it would be if Google had managed to avoid the question.

chii on March 31, 2013 [–]

the edge goes both ways - if it somehow (hopefully, now its false) judged that API's _are_ copyrightable, then what?

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