The current holding that APIs are copyrightable, and reimplementing them for interoperability is not fair use.
This is in direct contrast to decades of consensus that APIs are not copyrightable, and furthermore, there is a particular procedure to go through [clean room technique, which Google did] to ensure that the API is reimplemented without infringing any copyright.
Letting this ruling stand would mean that nearly every piece of software you use infringed someone's copyright.
This is in direct contrast to decades of consensus that APIs are not copyrightable, and furthermore, there is a particular procedure to go through [clean room technique, which Google did] to ensure that the API is reimplemented without infringing any copyright.
Letting this ruling stand would mean that nearly every piece of software you use infringed someone's copyright.