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[–] CrayonRosary 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Food and flavors aren't copyrightable or patentable because of an explicit exclusion of them. It has nothing to do with "determinism".~~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No. Recipes are not copyrightable because they're largely functional things for instructing a process to create a food, which simply is not in the purview of copyright. Specific recipes could very well be patented, depending on the specifics. There are no "explicit exclusions" here.

[–] CrayonRosary 1 points 1 year ago

I did some research, and you're right. I guess I was mislead years ago when I "learned" this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And still the list of ingredients and food preparation process will not be copyrighted, just the way the specific recipe is written. Anyone could write a simple rephrased version of that recipe which creates the same dish and sell it. Or sell the dish in their restaurant.