On Thu, 2019-03-21 at 12:40 +0100, Giacomo Tesio wrote: > On 21/03/2019, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > I'm not sure why you are supporting Oracle's position, but consider > > the impact on the computing world of that position, and what > > trouble > > it causes if it wins. > > I can't answer for Paul, and I really don't care about neither Oracle > or Google. > > But there is a huge difference between reimplementing a standard > interface like POSIX and depending on a creative work that is > original. Whenever a standard exists, anything that implement it, > even partially, is NOT subject to this issue.
As far as I know POSIX isn't a new and original interface that was designed in a clean room; it (in large parts) documents interfaces that were available in proprietary operating systems. So using POSIX interfaces would violate the original copyright on those APIs (unless there is a license to allow using them). Lots of free software also is very much inspired by proprietary works, be they APIs, protocol or entire programs. Ansgar
