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Copyright only covers the expressive parts and not the utilitarian parts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison_test https://en.wikip
by williamcotton 4y ago
Copyright only covers the expressive parts and not the utilitarian parts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction-Filtration-Compari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea–expression_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea–expression_distinction
https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/5004 https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/5004
Most of your code is probably not subject to copyright in the first place, regardless of license.
- jashmatthews 4y agoDoesn't Copilot reproduce the exact expression given the right prompt, though?
- gjsman-1000 4y agoEven if it does, it may not matter. For example, APIs are not copyrightable (see Google v Oracle), and if there is only one obvious efficient way to make something work, it does not follow that the user must be prohibited from using that way even if someone else did it first.
- williamcotton 4y ago“Expression” in the creative sense, as opposed to utilitarian in a functional sense. Copyright is meant to protect “useless” things like poetry and music.
- ok123456 4y agoSo does a random number generator.