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Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
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Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple


  • Subject: Re: WebObjects officially declared dead by Apple
  • From: Ray Kiddy <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 17:02:16 -0700

No. If one wanted to write a clean-room implementation of WebObjects' APIs, that is exactly what the decision in 2014 spoke to. So, for those of us in the US, that decision said we could not implement something which implemented the APIs.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/oracles-java-api-code-protected-by-copyright-appeals-court-rules/

Now it seems much clearer that, yes the APIs can be copyrighted but implementing an API can be a fair use of the API.

-  ray


On 5/26/16 4:54 PM, Lon Varscsak wrote:
I think a clean-room implementation was probably always defendable, however, no one that I know is doing that.  Looking at de-compiled source isn’t “clean”. :P

-Lon

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Ray Kiddy <email@hidden> wrote:

Well, Google just won their case against Oracle. I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I think that this means a clean-room re-implementation is legally doable. Just saying.

-  ray

On 5/3/16 8:19 AM, Hugi Thordarson wrote:
Hi all.

We probably all know that WO's been practically dead to Apple for a long time, but unfortunately Apple has refused to state so officially (at least I don't recall there being an official statement).


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