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I don't have to take a position on that to theorize that Apple can use the DMCA to take it down, citing 17 U.S.C. Sec. 1201 (a). [1] [2]

Nevertheless I think you're right, it doesn't violate anyone's copyrights.

[1] http://chillingeffects.org/anticircumvention/faq.cgi#QID91

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-circumvention#Distribution...

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Then why haven't they taken down GNUStep and Chameleon?

Oh right, because APIs are not copyrightable or patentable and it's absolutely meaningless to attempt to assert ownership over such things.

The reason why you're the only one "theorizing" about what Apple will do is because most other people here recognize how patents and copyrights work and why there is a dispute between Apple and Samsung.

I suspect you know far less than you think you do about how patents and copyrights actually work. Otherwise you should realize how amazingly silly and oblivious it is to claim that the attempt to assert ownership over such things as APIs is meaningless. It is wrong (on that we agree), but we have ample evidence that even the attempt is far from meaningless:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050490

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