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I don't think it's fair to compare a programming interface, which is more analogous to designing something like the plumbing architecture for a house, to a movi
by wmichelin 6y ago
I don't think it's fair to compare a programming interface, which is more analogous to designing something like the plumbing architecture for a house, to a movie script, which is art. Yes, a well-written API can be considered art, but with the plumbing analogy, a "copy-cat" would just be making sure the same pipes are connected to the toilets in the same positions. What's going on under behind the dry-wall wouldn't matter.
Movie scripts and APIs aren't really comparable as you have presented them.
- LogicUpgrade 6y agoBad analogy, architecture schematics are subject to copyright and you can't just take them and use them, either.
- mattkrause 6y agoNot wholesale, anyway. This decision suggests you could include say, the negative of the neighboring building’s facade so that the two “interoperate” in a sensible way.
- spacemanmatt 6y agoPeople can and do steal architectural patterns all the time for reuse in their own structures. Are your getting it wrong on purpose?