Author: Hristo
Date: 12:35:01 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 15:17:56, Marc van Hal wrote: >On April 29, 2002 at 11:32:28, Hristo wrote: > >>On April 29, 2002 at 11:25:02, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On April 29, 2002 at 10:48:56, Alejandro Dubrovsky wrote: >>> >>>>can anyone tell me what is the license on nalimov's egtb source code that >>>>resides in prof hyatt's ftp site (TB/tmp directory)? is it public domain? >>> >>>No, certainly not. >>> >>>It is copyrighted software, which basically means that you are not >>>allowed to copy it at all, unless you have permission from the >>>author. >>> >>>If a program/source code comes without a license, it always defaults >>>to this, i.e. by default, you are _not_ allowed to copy it. >>> >> >>I've heard this before, but I'll be damned if it doesn't sound fishy ... >>Also the copyright covers one aspect and license covers another aspect of the >>software. I don't think those two overlap completely. Eugene should put a >>license on the thing! >> >>hristo >> >>>-- >>>GCP >I just copyrighted the binaires so you have to ask me for permision before you >write a program hehe. > Regards Marc Raw source code has different properties than compiled code. For one it is much easier to duplicate the functionality without using the exact same code. BTW how do you feel about someone dis-assembling your binaries and then (somehow) using big chunks of the code into their own programs? Regards, hristo
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