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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by humanistbot on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:41AM (#29594584)
> that the entire project is a whole cloth copy of OBS.

That is a straw man argument. It doesn't matter what percent of the infringing product uses GPL-licensed code.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by ksm1717 on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:53PM (#29596605)
What if it’s one character?
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by mixedCase on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:17PM (#29598465)
I believe the parent poster implicitly meant "as long as it's copyrightable" as a caveat
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by ksm1717 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:55AM (#29602369)
So copyrightable is 2 char?
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by seanhunter on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:52AM (#29602964)
One of the first tests for infringement is "substantial similarity"(see [1] for example). If you claim copyright infringement on the basis of any small number of characters your case will be tossed by the judge. There isn't a specific number of characters that need to be copied before it becomes "substantial" because the court gets to rule on that based on the context etc.

[1]https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/copyright-infringement-an...

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by NobodyNada on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:50AM (#29602953)
No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by munk-a on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:24PM (#29600058)
The realm of what does and doesn't constitute a license violation is complex and, in the end, up to the whims of the legal system. For this particular issue it appears that an actionable amount of the project is in use.
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by ksm1717 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:49AM (#29602339)
Agree
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by dralley on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:53PM (#29598813)
But it's not one character.
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by ksm1717 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:49AM (#29602338)
What if it’s 10 characters?
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by dralley on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:28AM (#29605746)
It's not 10 characters either.
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