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Do binaries inherit the CLL from their CLLled source?

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Do binaries inherit the CLL from their CLLled source?

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Depends, but likely no. To be more precise: The bytes compiled from CLLed inherit the CLL in that way, that these bytes cannot be copyrighted. However in a binary program this usually does not make any difference, as it is very unlikely that others try to take over a Copyright of binaries, or that they start to use parts of binaries and therefor may fall into the no-Copyright-pit. However life isn’t this easy nowadays. There are such things like shared libraries, program components and modules. So if there are components which can be separated from your binary, you have to make clear somehow, which parts fall under the CLL and which parts do not. Failing in properly excluding CLLed binary code from the binary program’s Copyright is not legal. General rule of thumb: If under normal circumstances nobody is able to discriminate the Copyrighted binary portion from the CLLled binary portion, and the CLLed binary portion cannot accidentally be used separately, you can us a general Copyright

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