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by HarrietJones 3691 days ago
Except that recipes are not covered by copyright. http://opensourcecook.com/recipes-copyright-law
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Simple instructions aren't covered, but the exact wording not to mention imagery, CSS, Javascript etc is very much covered by copyright.
IANAL and this isn't the US, but in the US, (I believe) things created with public funds are in the public domain.