Intellectual property law is overreaching these days, but they can't turn _everything_ proprietary. For example, the answer to "what's the longest English word with no repeated letters?" is still uncopyrightable.
Replying to @simontatham@hachyderm.io
AI for the win
The longest English word without repeating letters is subdermatoglyphic (17 letters), though the more common and widely known standard word is uncopyrightable (15 letters). Words like these are known as isograms
I admit that "subdermatoglypic" is an unusual word, really a "crossword puzzle word"
:)
@simontatham by the way, uncopyrightable dermatoglyphics would be such a cool band name
Replying to @failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to
@failedLyndonLaRouchite I looked it up, and looks like that word is known only by the fact that it's longest heterogram
otherwise, it has no usage and therefore meaning.
M
I am guessing you saw this ? which seems to be a reliable guide to the origi of this word ?
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3552&context=wordways
@mo @failedLyndonLaRouchite sounds on brand for AI output!
Replying to @simontatham@hachyderm.io
@simontatham i mean, it's a real word, it just was constructed to be the longest heterogram first, and to mean something second
There is also dermatoglyphics, on par with uncopyrightable, about fingerprints & other skin patterns