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> yes It's not nearly that simple. No real copyright case is going to hinge on what a single range check function looks like. This is human law, it's not a pr
by antonvs 4y ago
> yes
It's not nearly that simple. No real copyright case is going to hinge on what a single range check function looks like.
This is human law, it's not a programming situation where you can just apply some simple rule and get a deterministic answer. Context plays a huge part, among other things.
- blibble 4y ago> No real copyright case is going to hinge on what a single range check function looks like. you realise this exact extremely famous function was the focus of a billion dollar supreme court copyright battle that went on for years? 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,_... (the entire basis of GPs joke)
- antonvs 4y agoI should have said that no successful copyright case is going to hinge on that. Oracle's position on that was legally incorrect, for the reason I was alluding to: the relevant standard requires that illegal copying involve the core of the creative expression of the original work, which a generic range check function clearly doesn't do.