Re: DDC is like an API specification so it can be used freely

From: Eric Hellman <eric_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:28:17 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
I doubt that the Oracle v. Google case has any effect on the status of DDC especially since "AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION V. DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION",  though not a SCOTUS case is a much more relevant precedent.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1233610.html

> On Apr 26, 2021, at 12:05 PM, Eric Hellman <eric_at_hellman.net> wrote:
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> Also don't forget that versions of the Dewey Decimal System published in 1925 and earlier are are now in the public domain, for example https://archive.org/details/deweydecimal11dewe (enjoy the spelling!)
> 
> Eric
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Received on Mon Apr 26 2021 - 12:20:01 EDT