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Subject: Re: Rules about showing source code?

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 12:24:44 11/28/03

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On November 28, 2003 at 13:04:51, José Carlos wrote:

>  My question: is there any rule against that? And if so, how can it be proven?
>
>  José C.

The only way it could be proven is by some automated code checker. Surprisingly,
plagiarism checking is quite a well-developed field and there are some good
papers here:

http://ir.shef.ac.uk/cloughie/

The rule is where "fair use" stops and "plagiarism" starts. Courts of law in
various countries have been considering that issue for over 100 years and have
never answered it definitively; the balance between the two has shifted back and
forth many times.

The issues are far more complex than could ever be explained here and the
following is an excellent, and very relevant, book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814788068/202-7749726-1368636

Alastair



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