-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:38:48 +0100 "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 03/08/2010 03:27 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I would like to implement some Java-beans specific functionality >> into a GTK project I am writing in C#. Basically, I want to make >> interfaces/classes that mimic the functionality of Bean-specific >> stuff like PropertyChangeListener, ActionListener etc. >> >> It is really not much coding or complex at all, and I will _not_ >be >> looking at the Java sourcecode for this, and the only things I >am >> thinking of _copying_ are the names of the of the methods and >> interfaces/classes in question. >> >> However, would doing this cause me to have any obligations under >> the GPL, ASL or other applicable license for the Java classes? I >am >> guessing functionality is not copyrightable, but what about >names >> of classes etc? > >Well, first of all, an argument could be made that when you look >at >sourcecode file A which does foo, then you go and implement >sourcecode >file B which also does foo, that sourcecode file B is a derived >work, >and needs to inherit the licensing from file A. > >By choosing identical method names, if it ever got legally >complicated, >you might run into trouble proving that your code was not a >derived work >of the other code. > >If you're really not planning on copying any of the functional >code, I >would personally recommend that you not reuse the function names, >not >only for the legal murkiness that it would cause, but also because >it >might cause confusion with the API for the other code. > >~spot, who is not a lawyer, thus, this is not legal advice, and >you >should not treat it as such Ok, thanks again Spot! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 3.0 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wpwEAQMCAAYFAkuWICsACgkQQJM2U8zwlkZ8ewP/cK6bH8v6WYjR4u0SILqYkLUec8t0 U9pIWPAdXwZqxPFkqNWuqlhIpPQ2upH+Etb4YPbDFYkcm4TLI1LXEvxYEQQ1RKxBbtA0 qW02lovhM0Z05tgxg/I1vGi79yeph/yyEWNs82V3+uIsCW8N+s7ReYb4lxiwIAQ+gg05 kUU1ozU= =1tU/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
