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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by andi999 on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:59AM (#24726976)
So about general computer programs does your argument mean, that the UML diagramm should be copyrightable but not the program, since it isna mechanical translation?
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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by andrewjl on Friday October 09, 2020 @06:21AM (#24728498)
No.

Unlike patents, which may confer proprietary rights in relation to general ideas and concepts per se when construed as methods, copyrights cannot confer such rights. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea–expression_distinction

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