> In other words, if you go down the API = recipe path then you logically should go down the code = recipe path as well. After all, code is nothing but a comple

> In other words, if you go down the API = recipe path then you logically should go down the code = recipe path as well. After all, code is nothing but a complex recipe for a processor to execute. Recipes that are a list of ingredients are not copyrightable. Recipes that describe putting love into each stroke of mixing the ingredients and how you learned to spread the frosting just so from your gram are copyrightable. IMHO, the API is the former, code is the latter. The fact that both code and the API are recipes does not imply you have to choose between both being copyrightable or neither being copyrightable.