translations are explicitly reusing the exact literal content, and theres
explicitly carve outs in modern law around translated works


math and food recipes are explicitly not protected by copyright law.

i hope that helps clarify?

On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> > building dimilar code for a similar task in a
> > different language is definitely not infringing  unless its also copying
> all
> > the text from the source application like some sort of text rpg.
> What if we compare this to literature? Surely a translation of a book into
> another language is still considered a derivative work, even if it reuses
> none
> of the “literal text”.
>
>
_______________________________________________
ghc-devs mailing list -- [email protected]
To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]

Reply via email to