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> There is no way in hell that isEven is covered by copyright. Hey, I said the same thing about APIs, but here we are. Edit: Actually, the Supreme Court decl
by Phrodo_00 4y ago
> There is no way in hell that isEven is covered by copyright.
Hey, I said the same thing about APIs, but here we are.
Edit: Actually, the Supreme Court declined ruling whether APIs are copyrightable, but they did say that if they are, reusing them like google reused the java apis in android would fall under fair use. Given that lower courts did think that APIs should be copyrightable, we don't know if they are anymore.
- az226 4y agoWhat's interesting in that case is I would argue the interface code is MORE important than the implementing code. You can hire any SWE to re-implement the entire API and it being pretty straightforward. The interface code was what actually mattered with developers and took creative expression, design, sequence, organization to put together and feedback and iteration over the years. Google knew this too, taking the interface code was WAY more important for them than if they had done the reverse.