[clarle]

I thought most people (including myself) on HN were in favor of Google in that case, that APIs shouldn't be copyrightable.

What exactly is Smartcar's product? Is it just the API design?

If so, I personally think this is in the same boat as that case, and I don't really see having the same API as copying either.

[pjmlp]

Not everyone, I am in favour of Java developers not having to write two versions of libraries thanks to Google's J++.

[taytus]

I agree that copyrighting and endpoint just because the request and response have the same structure is insane.

The docs would be something different thou, but again, I don't know how the docs were licensed.

[pjmlp]

Nokia, Cisco and others in the telecomunication industry usually patent network endpoints.