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I suspect that the implementation of any API would come under the shadow of this ruling. For instance, replacing a proprietary product with an open-source variant that has the same API would also be illegal or subject to licensing fees.

In my opinion, this will be bigger than proprietary languages and cover drop-in replacements for pretty much any proprietary code, thus providing yet another way to lock customers into a particular product.



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