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by jj999 1016 days ago
Compilers
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lstodd 1016 days ago
Object code is a derivative work I think.

So no. Compilers do not count.

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kevinmchugh 1016 days ago
The US had to update copyright law to explicitly protect binaries
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freejazz 1016 days ago
That just means some judges got it wrong and congress really wanted to make sure others didn't. I'm not sure what proposition that stands for here, except that sometimes new things are hard to get right at first.
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