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0 pointsantonvs2y ago0 comments

> 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.

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blibble2y 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,_...

(the entire basis of GPs joke)

antonvsOP2y ago

I 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.

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