On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Dmitry Boyarintsev via Lazarus <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 1:24 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus > <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: >> >> Take a routine that converts an integer to a string: Why would you >> force someone to change what is an obvious name, simply because someone >> else already used it ? > > > I don't think that API is reviewed on per routine basis. API is reviewed as > a whole. > Also, in 2010 the first trial in US (if jurisdiction matters) court decision > was that APIs cannot be copyrighted. >
To further clarify in the case of Wine, reverse engineering for interoperability and the results thereof can not violate any IP law. So this could not possibly affect either Wine or the LCL. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
