<div dir="ltr">For extreme in depth coverage of this and the related SCO-IBM case see<br><div><br><a href="http://groklaw.net/">http://groklaw.net/</a> (still available as a historic resource)<br><br></div><div>I think the jury is still out if APIs can be patented.<br><br></div><div>Andreas<br></div><div><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:x3d-public-request@web3d.org" target="_blank">x3d-public-request@web3d.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send x3d-public mailing list submissions to<br>
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Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 15:39:43 -0700<br>
From: Don Brutzman <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>><br>
To: Joe D Williams <<a href="mailto:joedwil@earthlink.net">joedwil@earthlink.net</a>>, "Richard F. Puk"<br>
<<a href="mailto:puk@igraphics.com">puk@igraphics.com</a>>, Roy Walmsley <<a href="mailto:roy.walmsley@ntlworld.com">roy.walmsley@ntlworld.com</a>>, "X3D<br>
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Subject: [x3d-public] Oracle America, Inc. v. Google, Inc. and<br>
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Curiously the heart of the infringement contest by Oracle against Google seems to be that, independent of open-source code aside, the APIs can be patented.<br>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc</a>.<br>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/business/alphabet-chairman-testifies-in-oracle-suit-against-google.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/business/alphabet-chairman-testifies-in-oracle-suit-against-google.html</a><br>
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As discussed on the H-Anim telcon today: as we soon begin to autogenerate updated versions of each X3D language binding, plus standalone open-source APIs with fairly thorough implementations, we need to make sure that everything is undeniably under an open-source license.<br>
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