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Originally Posted by rcentros
So you're saying a phone book (a list of names) should be subject to copyright? That's essentially what an API is. It's not a creative process to compile a list of names or an API. It's a mechanical process.
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To be fair, defining an API is creative. There are innumerable ways that one could be created for any system. Doing it well makes writing software using it easier.
But I still think that applying literary copyright to it doesn't make sense.