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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by jiofj on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:25PM (#37423393)
The API signatures were arguably the only thing that mattered.
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Re:Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks... by bdowling on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:58PM (#37426165)
The API signatures were arguably the only part that was copyrightable.

Code that is purely utilitarian (see “useful articles doctrine”) isn’t a work of human expression that is copyrightable.

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