Re:Google vs. Oracle: The Supreme Court will decide software...
by olliej on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:54PM
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You can’t copyright that - precisely because it is not a significant creative work.
The question is an API a significantly creative work, vs the implementation.
Historically - because the entire modern world depends on it - APIs were not considered copyrightable, largely because the creativity is embodied by the implementation.
You clearly disagree, I am curious if you believe being able to have competing software was detrimental - for example say MS claimed copyright over the XMLHttpRequest API? Or google over search engine query API, etc
The question is an API a significantly creative work, vs the implementation.
Historically - because the entire modern world depends on it - APIs were not considered copyrightable, largely because the creativity is embodied by the implementation.
You clearly disagree, I am curious if you believe being able to have competing software was detrimental - for example say MS claimed copyright over the XMLHttpRequest API? Or google over search engine query API, etc