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GPL compatibilityGPL compatibilityPosted Aug 23, 2003 13:21 UTC (Sat) by mammothrept (guest, #14201)In reply to: GPL compatibility by BrucePerens Parent article: Maybe SCO had a point Bruce, I am not a programmer but IAAL and if it is correct that there is only a two line difference in functional code between the public domain version and the SCO proprietary version, I think you are right that it is not copyrightable. The abstraction-filtration-comparison test used in most circuits to analyze software copying will 'filter out' even identical copying of code if it is of an entirely functional nature. Even if it passed an AFC screening and is found to be copyrightable, the creative element in two lines of code is going to be so scant as to be trivial and therefore not infringing. Unless SCO can show identical copying of much larger sections of code in other files, I don't see them having much of a case. Doug Steele
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