Exactly. The original decision was that APIs are not copyrightable. That was overturned on appeal, and it&#x27;s a disastrous precedent if it is allowed to stand.<p>Just try to imagine the history of computing if this doctrine had always existed. To give just 2 high-impact examples: PC clones wouldn&#x27;t have been allowed to implement IBMs BIOS APIs, Microsoft wouldn&#x27;t have been allowed to implement a Javascript capable browser to compete with Netscape.<p>It&#x27;s an alternate history that would have been so different it would be unrecognizable to us.