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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 31 2013 @ 08:00 AM EDT |
Yes, we agree an API is an abstract concept maybe.
My source code is concrete. my compiled binary is concrete, they are both
protected by copyright
The Kernel is concrete, in it's binary and source code forms, both are protected
by copyright.
The bit that allows the two to communicate is merely an abstract agreement, a
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 31 2013 @ 09:25 AM EDT |
Seems to me an API, by its very name, is an implicit agreement between the
supplier to the software and the user of that software. What other purpose does
it serve?
Without the API and its deliberate presentation of code routines, there is no
ability to access those routines without either the source code or by reverse
engineering of the compiled program.
So by trying to control the API, you are attempting to stop someone from doing
the very thing that the API was designed to do in the first place.
Seems like a money grab by people who are not the actual users of such things.
sdm485
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