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OK, for some time I've lived in one file projects (PHP) where I've defined interface and in the same file implemented the code itself, so I've seen too little difference... Maybe in other projects the difference is sharper.

Is MOOPH module copyright protected?

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>Is MOOPH module copyright protected? //

Most likely yes. Because you gave it a specific implementation that is not required to make it work. The functionality - and any elements of the module that spring directly from that functionality - is not copyrightable.

If you gave a programmer pseudo code for your module and they created near enough the same module from it then the creative elements don't lie in the aesthetic art and so the copyright in it is very weak.

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