Comment by wild_egg
16 days ago
That is not at all how copyright works. If the encoding is irrelevant then virtually all code on GitHub is violating copyright as there are vanishingly small numbers of actually novel ideas.
16 days ago
That is not at all how copyright works. If the encoding is irrelevant then virtually all code on GitHub is violating copyright as there are vanishingly small numbers of actually novel ideas.
You’re mixing up concepts. Copyright covers human creations, not ideas. The novelty aspect isn’t too relevant. If you write an article with ideas that aren’t novel it is still considered something you created and will be covered by copyright. You have ownership of your creation.