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Originally Posted by murg
It depends on if the API definitions are copyrightable or not. If so, then WINE may be in trouble. Although I think that Microsoft is a bit more cluey that that, now that Balmer's left.
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What muddies the waters in this case is that Google was shown to have used Java copyrighted materials, which blocked the clean room defense. It is also the likely reason SCOTUS refused the appeal. That limits the finality of the decision; in another case, a different appeals court can still rule differently.