Re: License of input-event-codes.h

Hi  Dave,

Thank you for your reply.
I read the article you gave me with great interest.

Best Regards

2022年9月22日(木) 14:57 Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at>:
>
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2022, at 13:14, tamamo meta wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I want to use input-event-codes.h for my project.
> > https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/dev/evdev/input-event-codes.h
> >
> > However, I found a file with same name that differs only copyright and
> > license notation in Linux kernel.
> >
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h
> >
> > How should I interpret the difference between the two licenses when
> > using it for my project?
> > Also, which one is the original?
> >
> > Best Regards
>
> Hi Tamamo,
>
> If it really matters, get a lawyer for your jurisdiction to answer.
>
> Oracle vs Google (in the USA) covered this specifically:
>
> "So long as the specific code used to implement a method is different,
anyone is free under the Copyright Act to write his or her own code to
carry out exactly the same function or specification of any methods used in
the Java API. It does not matter that the declaration or method header
lines are identical."
>
> https://thepalaw.com/copyright/can-apis-be-protected-under-copyright-law/
has a nice writeup.
>
> NB Both files carry appropriate licences, and are not *quite* identical.
> As a lazy dev and not a lawyer, I would go with the last interpretation.
>
> A+
> Dave