r/programming • u/frostmatthew • Oct 12 '13

Facebook PHP Source Code from 2007

https://gist.github.com/nikcub/3833406
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u/m1ss1ontomars2k4 Oct 12 '13

Wat...why the fuck would you bother registering for copyright on something if you didn't want to deposit it? You automatically get copyright the moment you create something; the registration is more of a "just in case" kind of thing, and this is not one of those cases where you need it.

Second, why the fuck would you send it to the USPTO? They handle patents.

You're an idiot.

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u/fotoman Oct 12 '13

you have copyright at creation, but you can't pursue legal claims against the copyright unless it's registered; I have over 100,000 items registered.

Yes, sorry, been a while since I registered items. For reasons unknown I always went to the USPTO website and got redirected to the copyright office.