> > As a human, I am allowed to read copyrighted code and learn from it. > Of course not. Reading some copyrighted code can make you entirely excluded from som

> > As a human, I am allowed to read copyrighted code and learn from it. > Of course not. Reading some copyrighted code can make you entirely excluded from some jobs - you can't become a wine contributor if it can be shown you ever read Windows source code and most likely conversely. You can of course read the code. The consequences are thus increased limitations, like you say. What you mention is not an absolute restriction from reading copyrighted material. You perhaps have to cease other activities as a result.