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The weights are mathematical facts. As raw numbers, they are not copyrightable.

• IncreasePosts 1y ago
  `en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso` is also just raw numbers, but I believe Windows XP was copyrightable
  • vntok 1y ago
    Interesting. From what I understand, copyright only applies to the original source code, GUI and bundled icon/sound/image files. Functionality etc. would fall under patent law. So the compiled code on your .ISO for example would not only be "just raw numbers" but uncopyrightable raw numbers.
    • lolc 1y ago
      Of course copyright applies to binaries too. It's long been established that compiled code is a derived work of its source.
• victorbjorklund 1y ago
  A computer program is just 0s and 1s. Harry Potter books are just raw letters or raw numbers if an ebook. (The combination is what makes it copyrightable).
  • littlestymaar 1y ago
    In practice it's not the combination that is copyrighted (you cannot claim copyright over a binary just because you zipped it, or over a movie because you re-encoded it, for instance). It's the “actual creativity” inside. And it is a fuzzy concept.