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Precedent. Google v. Oracle found 9 lines, of an "obvious" implementation to be infringing.
by shakna 5y ago
Precedent. Google v. Oracle found 9 lines, of an "obvious" implementation to be infringing.
- mthoms 5y agoRight, but would 3-4 lines in the middle of a 50 line function also be infringing? What about 2 lines? I don't know the answer. I was only surprised that the commenter seemed dead sure that any and all copying (no matter how small) would be infringing. That just doesn't correlate with my understanding of how Fair Use works: The "amount" of the infringement is one (of several) factors in determining if something falls under Fair Use: >The third factor assesses the amount and substantiality of the copyrighted work that has been used. In general, the less that is used in relation to the whole, the more likely the use will be considered fair. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use