There are two philosophies of copyright. One, that people/companies have a moral right to control their creative output, and the other, that copyright should be granted sparsely when it has a positive impact on society, such as promoting the writing of books.
Since APIs are a byproduct of software development, it is hard to see how it should be copyrightable under the second stance, but easy for the first.
Perhaps granting copyright, but setting precedence that basically any use is fair use, is a good compromise.
Since APIs are a byproduct of software development, it is hard to see how it should be copyrightable under the second stance, but easy for the first.
Perhaps granting copyright, but setting precedence that basically any use is fair use, is a good compromise.