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The argument from the text could go the other way: Congress didn't mention declarative code in the copyright act, so it's not included.
by tantalor 6y ago
The argument from the text could go the other way: Congress didn't mention declarative code in the copyright act, so it's not included.
- 1980phipsi 6y agoThomas says the copyright act says any computer code called directly or indirectly. The Thomas argument is that this is an indirect use of code.
- tantalor 6y agoThomas doesn't understand basic computer programming, so I wouldn't put much weight on that nuanced view. "Indirect" here just means calling a function or jumping to some address, rather than directly inlining some statements. For the purpose of copyright, the term "computer code" does not include the signature of that function, or the address you jump to, only the actual code statements at that destination.
- wslack 6y agoWhich, I would argue, is out of step with how that language was understood at the time the legislation was drafted.