Author: Uri Blass
Date: 20:26:12 02/15/05
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On February 15, 2005 at 21:49:45, Lance Perkins wrote: >Consider this scenario: > >You saw someone else's code, then you went out and wrote your own code, which >ended up to be like the other code. > >Even in this scenario, you could be violating the copyright of the other code. > >The only way around this is with the 'clean room' approach. If you want to make >a similar or compatible code, you should have not seen the other person's code. >Instead, somebody else would see it, describe to you what it does, then you go >and write the code. > >So, in all the cases where you stated that you took crafty's code and modifed >potions of it, it is considered a clone. > >Let me go back to my novel example: > >Assuming someone has written a 12-chapter novel. You then went and copied the >1st chapter, and then with your own ideas, you wrote chapters 2 to 12 which is >your very own original story. Can you submit this new novel to a publisher and >claim it as your own work? > >--- The only simple solution is to change the rules and decide that everything is allowed here and every code that is published is simply the public domain and you cannot publish code without making it the public domain. A lot of chess programs copied something from another program(even if it is only a function to check the time in the clock) and by your definition I am afraid that more than 90% of the programs are clones but I do not think that they will be considered as clones by most people. All the discussion pushes me to think that maybe the simple solution is the best inspite of the disadvantages of it. I do not like a situation when it is not clear what is legal and what is illegal. Uri
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