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A comment on The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009). Parent comment

Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by Miiko on Saturday August 21, 2021 @05:07PM (#28260585)
> Patents do not require actual copying to infringe, but copyright does.

In other words, if you use Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V to copy these blank lines, then you infringe AT&T copyright. If you don't and add blank lines by other means - you don't ;)

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Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by pbhjpbhj on Saturday August 21, 2021 @06:34PM (#28261177)
No. You can copy without copy-and-paste. But, a blank line isn't enough to be a creative work.
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Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by zeven7 on Saturday August 21, 2021 @09:36PM (#28262163)
As long as it wasn't a blank line typed by John Cage ;)
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