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Re: At what point is the coding more yours?by lemming (Priest) |
on Dec 07, 2000 at 21:46 UTC ( [id://45548]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
An ex-manager of mine quoted some copyright law that
applied to SW. "If there is less than 75% common with the
old code, then you don't have to credit, etc..."
I think he was wrong and I am so glad I don't work there
anymore. My feeling are thus: If you benefited from the code you copied, give credit. If it's a simple algorithm that repeats what has been known before, you really don't have to. I saw one Perl "coder" put a copyright notice of his own on a program that looked to be copied from the Camel book. I don't know why I didn't make an effort to slap him around.The bottom line is a lot of coding is building on what came before so that the whole copyright issue is fuzzy, but it's better to be overly ethical than not.
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