Are software licenses copyrighted?
<p>If someone wanted to 'fork' a private company's license, could they legally do so?</p>

<p>That is to say, if, for instance, the company Grammarly found that significant portions of the company Evernote's EULA was worded better for their own use than the license they had been using, could they copy significant portions of it, legally, for their own use?</p>

<p>Sub question: are <em>any</em> or <em>all</em> legal documents copyright?</p>

<p>To answer the question in your title:  Yes, software licenses are copyrighted.  They are written works that involve (significant, expert) creative effort to create.</p>

<p>The best solution would be for Grammarly to hire a lawyer and say "we want a new EULA.  We think <em>this</em> one covers a number of points our current one doesn't".</p>

<p>Most legal documents will be copyright for the same reason (there may be a few that are <em>so</em> stereotypical that there is essentially no creative effort in putting them together).</p>

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