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A possible reason is the fear of losing intellectual property. Providing a machine readable format makes duplication much easier (although you'd still have to
by krsyoung 10y ago
A possible reason is the fear of losing intellectual property. Providing a machine readable format makes duplication much easier (although you'd still have to deal with the implementation). The funny part is that the Oracle vs Google API Lawsuit in effect sets a precedent that protects API specs - so this should really not be the case.