> API's are not functional code, they are specifications on how to communicate with said code...
Code is not code, it is a specification on how to build machine language. Does that make my code any less valuable?
> ...these specifications have never been considered copyrightable until...
That's correct. Also, nothing was copyrightable until someone started a legal campaign.
> ...copyright applies foremost to the work as a whole...
So copyright can apply to an API as a whole because an API is the same thing as code. APIs are not free. People have to design them and test them, just like when they write code. What universal law do you think grants you the right to just take someones work?
> Non-copyrightable API's is in turn is the reason we enjoy atleast some level of interoperability today...
Yes and tax loopholes are legal until they're not too. Just because you're getting something for free already doesn't mean you're somehow guaranteed entitlement to it forever.
Code is not code, it is a specification on how to build machine language. Does that make my code any less valuable?
> ...these specifications have never been considered copyrightable until...
That's correct. Also, nothing was copyrightable until someone started a legal campaign.
> ...copyright applies foremost to the work as a whole...
So copyright can apply to an API as a whole because an API is the same thing as code. APIs are not free. People have to design them and test them, just like when they write code. What universal law do you think grants you the right to just take someones work?
> Non-copyrightable API's is in turn is the reason we enjoy atleast some level of interoperability today...
Yes and tax loopholes are legal until they're not too. Just because you're getting something for free already doesn't mean you're somehow guaranteed entitlement to it forever.