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by kickopotomus
2308 days ago
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Honestly, I feel that it would almost be worse if the Court ruled in Oracle's favor on the ability to copyright intuitively obvious functions. There are only so may ways to write `return x >= a && x <= b;` that aren't unnecessarily obtuse and contrived. It's honestly tantamount to being able to copyright math itself. |
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but to me, it sounds like a fascinating and hilarious dystopian visions... there'd be entire legal teams dedicated to find, and claim and defend the corporate specific ways to implement.. a range check (NO! Don't put a space there! Oh dear!). Or, if a number is even. And an eternal cultural feud between the "is-even"-clan and the "is-odd"-triad.
Once we include mercenaries hired to steal certificates about a specific is-odd implementation, we're in a really weird kind of cyberpunk or shadow run.
Also, don't count the number of paragraphs in this comment and think about them. Don't! Or else!