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'Substantial portion' is not interpreted by you, it is interpreted by courts and juries. How it is interpreted depends on jurisdiction and more[0], the commonly accepted 'safe bet' is any single line of the software.

[0] https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/2188




>Substantial portion' is not interpreted by you, it is interpreted by courts and juries. How it is interpreted depends on jurisdiction and more[0]

Yes and like standard your cite says none of the interpretations would cover a snippet.

>the commonly accepted 'safe bet' is any single line of the software.

Github/MS aren't going for the 'safe bet'. They're going for the maximum that they can get away with.




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