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by autoexec 1343 days ago
> It can be verbatim and not a copyright violation if it can be shown that the expression in question is strictly utilitarian!

So if it's identical it might or might not be a copyright violation and even if is totally different it still might or might not be a copyright violation... and only after spending insane amounts of time and money in the court system can you ever be sure if what you (or your AI) created has made you a criminal. This is increasingly sounding like a very very broken system.