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You must be joking. Of course there are multiple ways one could design an application programming interface. People make subjective and aesthetic judgements abo
by empthought 8y ago
You must be joking. Of course there are multiple ways one could design an application programming interface. People make subjective and aesthetic judgements about API design all the time.
As far as I know a single judge has ruled in favor of Google. Appeals courts have ruled in favor of Oracle on matters of the law and applicability of fair use. (It doesn’t apply.)
- zmmmmm 8y agoYes, you're right. The original act of designing the interface is creative expression. But that isn't actually the point. The question is whether the the person creating something compatible with it has scope to exercise creative expression. It's like the difference between reproducing Van Gogh's chair and stating the fact it that it is yellow. The fact that it is yellow isn't copyrightable, even though the original painting is.