Code as free speech (Score 1)

If 30 English students are set to the task of writing a paper on free speech you will receive 30 different and unique responses. Each English student will draw from their personal background as well as the resources available to them. The words and ideas contained in these papers are considered to be free speech. If 30 Computer Science students are set to the task of designing a computer program that simulates writing a mystery novel using AI you will receive 30 different and unique responses. Each CS student will draw from their personal background as well as the resources available to them. They, like the English students, are expressing ideas through their chosen medium. The parallels between these two groups are simple and easy to follow. Both groups are given a task, to design a response to a problem and place their response in a form accepted by their collegues. The end result produced by each student will be both similar and functionally equivelant to the other works produced by that group. However, since each item is unique and an original work of art produced by a human mind, it constitutes expression and is therefor speech.