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A comment on Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights. Parent comment

Re:Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its st... by rk06 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:50AM (#22543368)
yep, APIs are a work of art. the API you chose would vary a lot by the individual who designed (and Acceptance tests they were required to pass) as such, there is a novelty in them. whether it is worth patenting or copyrighting is separate matter.
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Re:Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its st... by kiadimoondi on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:28AM (#22543560)
I agree there's nuance to the issue, and thst's where the argument is to be made. But I think it'd be a bad faith application of copyright or patent law, as your competitive edge largely doesn't come from API design but the product being interfaced with.
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Re:Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its st... by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @09:26AM (#22545601)
Then you find out java.time copies posix. Or is it convergence?
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