My understanding is that code is treated basically as a literary work [0] with copyrighting. So the API definition is a part of the codebase. I do not think the

My understanding is that code is treated basically as a literary work [0] with copyrighting. So the API definition is a part of the codebase. I do not think the analogy to copyrighting an idea is applicable. Unless they are trying to separately just have a copyright on the API? If that is the case, I'm not even sure how it would have been filed? [0] https://www.copyright.gov/eco/help-type.html https://www.copyright.gov/eco/help-type.html