It's worth noting that copyright doesn't protect code in the instance that the function cannot be divorced from the creative expression. Comments and all would

It's worth noting that copyright doesn't protect code in the instance that the function cannot be divorced from the creative expression. Comments and all would almost certainly be an infringement, as they are completely expressive and non-functional. But you'll find that if you strip out those comments, it's possible that it would fail the test of the idea being separable from the expression [1]. [1] https://casetext.com/case/kern-river-gas-transmission-v-coastal-corp https://casetext.com/case/kern-river-gas-transmission-v-coas...