Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 09:12:19 08/23/04
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On August 23, 2004 at 12:03:53, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 23, 2004 at 11:56:35, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: > >>On August 23, 2004 at 11:38:26, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 23, 2004 at 11:28:08, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >>> >>>>On August 23, 2004 at 11:14:13, Lance Perkins wrote: >>>> >>>>>You don't need to disassemble the Crafty code. You already have the source code >>>>>in C. >>>>> >>>>>You only need to disassemble the ElChinito exe file. Paul has posted that for us >>>>>too. >>>>> >>>>>All that's left is to compare the two. Look at the Crafty C code and determine >>>>>if that will get translated to the assemlby file from ElChinito. >>>> >>>> >>>>Well, there are people like me, who do not like to view foreign code, simply >>>>for to avoid any copying of ideas even unwillingly from sourcoude of other >>>>authors. Therefor I have no crafty code or source at hands and do not intend >>>>to compare anything myself. >> >> >>Hi Uri, >> >>>I do not understand. >>> >>>Why are you afraid of copying ideas from source of other authors? >>>It is not illegal to do it. >> >>there are some aspects of this: first you should ask the original authors and >>then, permitted to use that, mention this in your readme. I regard Open Source >>to be problematic, because e.g. GPL still is not validly translated into german, >>and moreover people often think that Open Source is no more copyright protected. >>It is different to cite some code or to use some code. >> >>But even when the problems above are individually cleared, the use of foreign >>ideas will have influence in how you would proceed with your own program. It >>will in extreme prevent you to have your own ideas and solutions. Therefor it >>seems for me to be better to solve one's problems even during a long time, >>simply because you will be doing it your own way then. >> >>And if you would "recycle" from the global source code pool, you will have >>hard to argue, when you finally do not want to publish your source code. And >>seeing all those weak and some few strong clones I do not want to give reason >>myself for others in acting like that. >> >>>It is a problem only if you copy code from other programs instead of thinking >>>but not a problem if you understand some ideas and implement them not by copy >>>and paste. >> >>Well it is a difference to look into publications or into source code. But even >>when reading books, argument two above still will have its value. >> >>>Uri >> >>Regards, Reinhard. >I do not see how using foreign ideas will prevent you to use your ideas. >There is no contradiction and sometimes understanding ideas of other people may >help you to think about original ideas. To get ideas from foreign source code, mostly written in a different language and often only poor commented, you must be a very lucky person. >Reading source code does not mean that you have to use ideas that you read and >if they contradict using ideas that you thought about then you can decide not >to use the ideas that you read. Well, there is no "must". But when you have done it once ... >Uri Reinhard.
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