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Re:GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects ... by btilly on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:15PM (#13923596)
In theory, functionally important language should be uncopyrightable.

This is the same world of theory in which software is not subject to copyright...

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Re:GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects ... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @07:32PM (#13927272)
To be fair, making that distinction would imply that e.g. minified code is uncopyrightable while pretty-printed code with descriptive variable names is subject to copyright.
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