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by annnnd 4783 days ago
I would suggest a change of title. "Open" in title hints at non-proprietary APIs, which doesn't make sense. A better word would be "public" (admittedly not perfect though). Maybe just remove it, like this: "APIs are the new software patents"?
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mickaelkel 4783 days ago
but what is "Open"? There is also an article about "What is Open" concerning APIs : http://api500.com/post/44022221316/what-is-open

Openness for APIs is about to be Accessible, to be Public, to be Neutral and to be Re-usable without restrictions.

So to be Public is one of the part of to be Open, in my opinion of course. Some people have made a larger definition about openness http://opendefinition.org/okd/

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annnnd 4783 days ago
It is the last one of openness requirements ("Re-usable without restrictions") that bothers me. However I realize that other might understand the title as intended... In other words, I should probably add "YMMV" to my original comment. :)
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