> Virtually everyone agrees that a human learning from reading code doesn't violate copyright I don't think this is so universally agreed upon as you think, or

> Virtually everyone agrees that a human learning from reading code doesn't violate copyright I don't think this is so universally agreed upon as you think, or at least the implications of learning from copyrighted material. This is why projects like ReactOS and WINE strongly prohibit contributors from reading leaked Windows source code, incase they learn a little bit too much and accidentally reproduce copyrighted material. > because the human brain is some kind of copyright laundering machine, maybe Absolutely not. Music is full of legal cases where someone learned and copy a bit too much and went to court over it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams_v._Bridgeport_Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams_v._Bridgepor... https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jury-reaches-verdict-ed-sheeran-copyright-infringement-case/story?id=99022695 https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jury-reaches-verdict-ed... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_subject_to_plagiarism_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_subject_to_plagi...