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That not withstanding, copyright applies only to that which is copyrightable. One may not express rights they do not have. Portions modified may not be subjec
by randombits0 5y ago
That not withstanding, copyright applies only to that which is copyrightable. One may not express rights they do not have.
Portions modified may not be subject to any form of copyright protection if the original code and/or modifications are purely functional. Purely functional expressions that lack any creative element are not copyrightable to begin with.
- woodruffw 5y ago> Portions modified may not be subject to any form of copyright protection if the original code and/or modifications are purely functional. Purely functional expressions that lack any creative element are not copyrightable to begin with. This is a more abstract observation than is perhaps relevant to the situation at hand, which involves a group of people modifying software components that the current body of software copyright law would not consider "purely functional."