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Re: Extending xm_defines syntax to get rid of more xm-files
- To: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, zackw at stanford dot edu
- Subject: Re: Extending xm_defines syntax to get rid of more xm-files
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:16:24 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu
<<> And itty bitty files that are 90% copyright statement bug me. (When
> the total real content of a file is less than the fair-use threshold
> [ten-fifteen lines, yesno?], does it even make sense to include a
> copyright statement?)
>>
There is no such thing as a "fair use threshold". That is a legal fiction.
There is a principle of de minimums, but that involves importance
as well as length. It is very easy for a single line of code to be
critical and fully protectable (there are court cases that have hinged on
VERY small sections of code).