"act of compilation" as in running GCC over source code, or as in putting together a bunch of software to make it work as a whole?
The first probably doesn't get you any copyright (it's mechanical), but the second most likely does (it's creative), and if the final end result is binaries, the creator gets copyright over those.
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Re: Binaries are mechanically generated
Date: 2015-08-19 11:47 pm (UTC)The first probably doesn't get you any copyright (it's mechanical), but the second most likely does (it's creative), and if the final end result is binaries, the creator gets copyright over those.