i received this from dr stallman today [not full message].  answer:
no, the FSF does *NOT* support the copyrighting of APIs and is
ACTIVELY opposed to the copyrighting of APIs.

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>    question: is the FSF accepting that APIs (Application Programming
>    Interfaces) should become Copyright material, yes or no.

We oppose interface copyright and have always opposed it.
I founded an organization in 1990, the League for Programming Freedom,
to fight against user interface copyright, but we oppose
API copyright just the same.

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