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APIs aren't functions, they are interfaces. No matter how original they are or how much you pile them together, they aren't supposed to be copyrightable because they are too abstract.


`java.util.ArrayList<E>` is not an abstract class, I don't know what you're talking about


About abstractions, not about what CS calls an "abstract type". Don't mix these.


Not trying to be confrontational here - but through your other posts, are you suggesting by changing class names the whole situation could’ve been avoided?




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