[scatterhead]

> The code is not transformative because the quoted code is not used for some other purpose like as part of an article discussing whatever the code does, it is used to do exactly it's original job.

Hmm..

> The printing press is not transformative because the printed text is not used for some other purpose, it is used to do exactly it's original job.

See the error in your logic? The potentially transformative part is not the code itself. It's the impact to the process of creating the code.

[ericpauley]

For copyright purposes the printing press is not transformative. No contradiction here.