Timeline for Does copyright infringement apply to user interfaces in a software?
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| Dec 11, 2021 at 21:45 | comment | added | Kevin | @Alexandre: Patent rights are more complicated than copyrights, because patents can (in theory) protect the functional (useful) aspects of software, although the question of whether software can or should be patentable at all is still controversial. However, as my answer indicates, the Apache license contains a blanket patent license which should cover any patentable material which is present in the FOSS portion of the software. If the GUIs are only present in the non-FOSS portion, then you may need to determine whether a patent has been granted. | |
| Dec 11, 2021 at 15:09 | comment | added | Alexandre | Thank you for the clarification! I believe my software will not have licensing problems. The legal cases presented by @apsillers is a clear example that GUIs and APIs are not bound to copyright on US law. I think that also applies in case that they have a patent over a GUI, right? | |
| Dec 11, 2021 at 14:57 | vote | accept | Alexandre | ||
| Dec 5, 2021 at 8:11 | history | answered | Kevin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |