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Leadified said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Yeah that ruling got changed by a higher court. https://www.cnet.com/news/court-sides-with-oracle-over-android-in-java-patent-appeal/

Your source is old, the latest ruling was in favour of Google.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/

-_- That's what I get for using Wikipedia. 

But how exactly is this fair use? 

fair use
noun
  
  1. (in US copyright law) the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.
How exactly does using an API fall under criticism, news reporting, teaching, or research?
Protip: It doesn't.