Author: Adrian Smith
Date: 06:25:49 10/13/01
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On October 13, 2001 at 08:42:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On October 13, 2001 at 06:10:10, Adrian Smith wrote: > >>I am thinking of when i finish my chess program, or any other program for that >>matter to have it GPL'ed. I don't really want people to rip off my ideas and put >>their name as the creator, so i was wondering what measures are taken so that >>the complete code isn't stolen without either my permission or without >>acknowledging my software? > >Two things: > >a) One of the ideas behind the GPL is that there exists no such thing as >intellectual property. If you don't want to other people to rip off your _ideas_ >(or, to put it differently: you don't want to share them with the rest of us), >then do not use the GPL. > >b) The GPL protects your program by means of copyright. If they take (parts) of >your code and use it in their own program _and_ publish it, you can force them >to publish their program under the GPL also. > >What GPL wont protect you from is for example someone ripping off your program, >changing the name and putting it on a chess server or entering it into a >tournament. (although most tournaments seem to have rules preventing the latter >now) > >-- >GCP Yeah that's what i thought, sounds alright then! :)
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