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An example of how much copied code is worth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc.#First_phase:_API_copyrightability_and_patents htt
by omoikane 4y ago
An example of how much copied code is worth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc.#First_phase:_API_copyrightability_and_patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_...
For this content:
a nine-line rangeCheck function, several test files, the structure, sequence and organization (SSO) of the Java (API), and the API documentation.
The cost was: "statutory damages up to a maximum of US$150,000".
- varenc 4y agoI don’t believe the nine lines of code was the relevant part leading to damages. It was the fact that Google copied this entire API design (SSO) for Java. I don’t think GPT-3 is in danger of doing that.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- notpushkin 4y agoAlso don't forget that the Supreme Court has ruled that APIs aren't copyrightable after all (or at least fall within fair use).
- eurasiantiger 4y agoNow I understand why US IT consulting corporations have expanded into multinationals