[pure_simplicity]

I would argue that everything creative has a functional side and everything functional has a creative side. The question is: where do we draw the line? How creative should something be before it is copyrightable and how functional should it be before it's not?

Currently, precedent is on the side of code being copyrightable.

[randombits0]

Code is a tricky word. It’s very ambiguous.

What if I lift a minor function? What if I study yours and base mine off of it? What if I type it all except for three lines I pasted from yours? The whole idea that a recipe can be owned is fascinating.

Actual recipes, btw, are not considered copyrightable.