On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 11:05:26PM -0500, Robert Haeckl wrote:
> Next question: just a basic question that somebody on the list must
> know. Is the use of another application's API's protected? That is, if
> an interface is made known, does the copyright owner have a right to
> restrict the use of it?
>
Probably not. Linux uses a lot of Unix APIs. And most Windows programs
use Windows APIs to talk to Windows. If you stick a database server out
there and you say "here are my APIs", it's hard to then say, "but you
can't use them".
Paul
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