Comment by delusional
Comment by delusional a day ago
Is an "api key" like this covered by copyright? Would that technically mean that spoofing this random sequence of numbers would require me to agree to whatever source license they offer it under, since I wouldn't know the random sequence unless I read it in their source?
That's an odd possibility.
Anti-reverse-engineering clauses in EULAs are limited and exceptions are always present for interoperability. The same goes for copyright. It's hard to argue that this key is secret if it's widely and publicly distributed.
Ironically, Google just fought with Oracle a case around similar concepts.