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Aug 26, 2010 at 0:20 vote accept ripper234
May 21, 2010 at 9:20 comment added Tim Post Rip off, borrow or clone - the fact remains that anyone interested in presenting a compatible API could do so without a lot of effort. We've already defined the methods, rooted out methods that did not work well (or were lacking) and put it to the test. Monkey see? Monkey can copy.
May 21, 2010 at 6:39 comment added Franci Penov 'ripping off' is the right word.
May 21, 2010 at 6:36 comment added lexu 'ripping' of is so negativ... (cloning an idea is a compliment to the original good idea) The value of all the stack-apps is not so much the code, it's the community.
May 21, 2010 at 6:33 comment added John Sheehan The others had no trouble ripping off the UX, it shouldn't be too difficult for them to follow suit on the API.
May 21, 2010 at 6:33 comment added lexu Good point .. but now add an official 'test suite' to validate/endorse a 3rd party implementation ..
May 21, 2010 at 6:30 history answered John Sheehan CC BY-SA 2.5