4 ms·
If I write a poem by variable names, don’t you think that would fall under copyright? The hurdle for getting copyright are pretty low (of course that also mean
by bhaak 5y ago
If I write a poem by variable names, don’t you think that would fall under copyright?
The hurdle for getting copyright are pretty low (of course that also means any compensation by a court would be low).
Anything that is not technical ly required (or deviates from some generic standard) but involves some aesthetic considerations is a already potentially copyrightable.
Because the boundaries are so fuzzy no sane company lawyer would allow the use of CoPilot . Why take a risk for some glorified text snippets?
- qayxc 5y agoCopyright is different from licensing and is far more complicated that most people think. > Why take a risk for some glorified text snippets? Name an example where that was actually an issue. And I'm talking explicitly about single functions and even single lines of code.
- bhaak 5y agoThat's not how lawyers think. Microsoft's programmers were (are?) not allowed to read GPL code to rule out any doubt that they might be copy GPL code into the codebase, even if only unconsciously. Lawyers are not just for suing they are also for covering your ass so there is no way you could lose if you are getting sued.