Sure you can - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison#All_Things_Must_Pass_.281970.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison#All_Things_Must...

Sure you can - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison#All_Things_Must_Pass_.281970.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison#All_Things_Must... for example - George Harrison lost a copyright infringement case because he was deemed to have subconsciously plagiarized, no less. Care to claim that when you design a new API, it isn't influenced by APIs you're familiar with?