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joshuaissac
on June 11, 2023
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Do open source licences cover the Ship of Theseus?
Copyright also applies to the structure of the code. So rewriting it line by line would not be enough to remove all of the GPL-licensed elements. You would also need to restructure and reorganise it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure,_sequence_and_organi...
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