The source code includes this notice: "Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved."
I wonder if the couple of dozens of lines of assembly code could be trivial enough to be public domain. Assuming a straightforward implementation, surely there is far less freedom in expressing the simplest version of the echo program in ASM compared to, say, C?
surely there is far less freedom in expressing the simplest version of the echo program in ASM compared to, say, C?
I'd say it's the opposite, since it is often the case that more instructions (and thus ways to select and arrange them) are required to express an operation in Asm compared to an HLL like C. This implies that there is room for more creativity when e.g. writing a "Hello world" in Asm vs. C.
I'm guessing that the author wants to be sure not to get in trouble with their legal department.
My contract has a similar clause (all copyright assigned to employer) but it's void because my local (non-US) legislation overrides it. Not that I want to go head to head with our legal dept to test whether it holds.
I wonder if the couple of dozens of lines of assembly code could be trivial enough to be public domain. Assuming a straightforward implementation, surely there is far less freedom in expressing the simplest version of the echo program in ASM compared to, say, C?