Author: KarinsDad
Date: 11:02:25 03/22/00
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On March 21, 2000 at 17:07:47, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: [snip] > >Ok but If I look at cars in the streets they are named "BMW" and "Nissan" and >"GM" and "Ford" and not "A Benz with some modifications by BMW" or "A Benz with >some modifications by Ford" even though Benz invented the automobile and the >basic concepts are still the same ? I have a different analogy. Say you took a Ford Taurus. You created a factory to tool out everything except the body. You created your own body and put it on the car. You then put a turbo into the engine. Your body is sleeker than a Ford. Your engine is faster due to the turbo than a Ford. However, 90% of the car is identical to a Ford. You then take your factory and produce 100,000 of these cars and call them Cheetahs since they are so fast and so sleek and you start selling them. Isn't your car still a Ford with some body work and a turbo? Isn't it still a Ford abeit no longer a normal Taurus? Wouldn't Ford take you to court in a heartbeat if they found out? You bet they would. And wouldn't they win? You bet. The bottom line of the point I am trying to make is that any code that someone else authors that they give you permission to do with as you wish becomes your code. Any code that someone else authors that they retain copyright on is still their code. Any derived program from copyrighted code cannot be proclaimed as 100% yours. Only programs 100% derived from: 1) Your original code 2) Public domain non-copyrighted code 3) Someone else's 100% authored code which they give you permission (directly or via some form of public announcement) to use as you will 4) Code you purchased where the license allows you to be the author (such as MFC, Win32, etc.) can be considered as "your code". If 100% of your code falls into these categories, then the program is "your program". If some fraction falls out of these categories, then you have one or more co-authors. And you cannot (legally) sell code that has co-authors without their permission. KarinsDad :)
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