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Should API-restricting licenses qualify as open source? (opensource.com)
4 points by samebreath 2174 days ago
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This quote nails the overall concern for me. What's the point of OSS if the API isn't also protected?

> Oracle v. Google-influenced interpretations of existing open source licenses would similarly extend familiar open source license conditions to activities merely involving APIs. Such reinterpretations would transform these licenses into ones that fail to provide software freedom and advance the goals of open source ...