Not true, u64 add26562(u64 value) { return(value+26562); } is not copyrightable. | Hacker News

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		emilfihlman on Dec 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the... Not true, `u64 add26562(u64 value) { return(value+26562); }` is not copyrightable.

anonymousab on Dec 25, 2021 [–]

If that function always returned, say, the AACS key then it would likely be violating copyright in the US. Regardless of whether it was the result of a computation or statically defined.

emilfihlman on Dec 25, 2021 | [–]

I'll press x on that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controvers...

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