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Is Windows FOSS now? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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https://zomglol.wtf/@jamie/116059523957674208

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/PDF/LSB10922/LSB10922.8.pdf

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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

https://www.reinhartlaw.com/news-insights/only-humans-can-be-authors-of-copyrightable-works

https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap300/ch300-copyrightable-authorship.pdf

A human must be involved in the creation. A human can combine non-human created things to make something new, but the human must be involved, and the non-human created elements likely lack protection themselves.