Ask HN: Would publishing a drone strike API give veto power on drone strikes?

[awinter-py]

If I publish an API describing a system whereby the head of state of a western democracy can assassinate his citizens via drone strikes in Pakistan, will the White House stop infringing my IP?

The administration's position on API copyright seems to imply yes. (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/white-house-sides-with-oracle-tells-supreme-court-apis-are-copyrightable/)

[pki]

They're not going to copy your names, declarations, or header files, so ...

[notahacker]

You'd have been better off patenting the concept a while back...