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I'm not so sure. If it is not copyrightable, and it is a patent, and not a trademark, which legal protection would it have? It could definitely be considered a

I'm not so sure. If it is not copyrightable, and it is a patent, and not a trademark, which legal protection would it have? It could definitely be considered a trade secret, and the theft of it and misapproation of it would be a crime, but once it has been published, people that just used the published version I don't believe would be comitting a crime, since it would lose it's trade secret status.

Sharlin 3y ago
There are certain "related rights" [1] that are weaker than full copyright. These include, maybe most importantly, performers' rights, but also protection for things like photographs (ones that aren't unique enough to qualify for full copyright) and, in many jurisdictions, databases. These aren't covered by the Berne convention so vary quite a bit. But whether a huge chunk of floating-point numbers qualifies for any legal protection, remains to be seen. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Related_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Related_rights
sroussey 3y ago
In Europe you can copyright a database of facts, which is not something you can do in the US. Also, people go to jail for leaking trade secrets, and this certainly qualifies.
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