"The jury did find that 145 lines of A10's implementation of the public "Aho-Corasick algorithm" constituted copyright infringement, and assessed $60 million in

"The jury did find that 145 lines of A10's implementation of the public "Aho-Corasick algorithm" constituted copyright infringement, and assessed $60 million in damages. These lines of code were removed from A10's product last year." [1] Re-use of code in an implementation of a publicly known algorithm -> $60 million in damages. This is not the kind of liability you will ever want to take on. 1. https://www.a10networks.com/news/a10-networks-receives-jury-verdict-finding-no-willful-infringement-patent-lawsuit-against https://www.a10networks.com/news/a10-networks-receives-jury-...