摘要：The freedom to reimplement application program interfaces(APIs) in independently written software is the key issue at stake inOracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.1 Properly resolving this issue iscrucial because APIs play such an important role in modern softwareinnovation. For instance, reuse of APIs is vital to enabling interoperabilityamong distinct software programs.2 Reuse of APIs also allowssoftware programmers to more rapidly build upon the work of othersin developing innovative new software.3 The issue at the heart of theOracle v. Google case, then, could not be more important for themodern software industry.
