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11,000 lines of _declaring_ code-- the API signatures.
by Scaevolus 3y ago
11,000 lines of _declaring_ code-- the API signatures.
- seanhandley 3y agoDefining the “what” is just as much a part of the intellectual property as defining the “how”. Both things are hard to do well IMHO
- wtallis 3y ago> Both things are hard to do well IMHO That's not really a factor in determining what's eligible for copyright protection.
- seanhandley 3y agoIndeed. They’re both eligible.
- jiofj 3y agoThe API signatures were arguably the only thing that mattered.
- bdowling 3y agoThe API signatures were arguably the only part that was copyrightable. Code that is purely utilitarian (see “useful articles doctrine”) isn’t a work of human expression that is copyrightable.