copyrightable APIs? (was RE: namespace protection compatible wit

[John Cowan]

Chloe Hoffman wrote:


> I think the real question is not whether an API is copyrightable but how 
> an API is infringed and what is a derivative work of an API.

I agree.

We now know that a house infringes its blueprints, but a cake
does not infringe its recipe, so there is no general answer to
the question "Does an implementation infringe its specification?".

Sounds like Brian is doomed to a life of uncertainty, until there
is a test case.

Disclaimer: IANAL.

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