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>As applied to Java, individual method signatures like min and max might not be copyrightable, but someone had to go in and organize those individual methods in
by Aerroon 6y ago
>As applied to Java, individual method signatures like min and max might not be copyrightable, but someone had to go in and organize those individual methods into classes, and organize those classes into packages.
An API doesn't require an implementation and copyright is handed out automatically. Could I then write and run a generator that just starts spitting out endless variations of possible APIs (combinations of dictionary words?). Does that mean I would end up holding the copyright for most of the 'common sense' APIs people would want to use for software projects?
- dannyw 6y agoNo, that doesn't feature sufficient creativity.
- imtringued 6y agoThat's patent law. Copyright law is automatic and will always be granted which is why it's absolutely stupid to add patent law features to copyright.