There is somehow something different if you knew the entire code to quickbooks from memory, and had an api where I could request any 10-line chunk of it I wanted, as many times as I wanted.
So, you’re saying I can’t work in this industry? That seems a bit harsh.
If you're going to be spitting copyrighted code out in violation of any licenses it might be made available under… yes, you can't. Most employers would not appreciate that behaviour. But I doubt you actually do this, even though you're capable of it. You reason about your code; you're not just being a predictive text engine.
I don't concede the equivalence.