Author: Norm Pollock
Date: 12:11:20 03/17/05
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This situation had to happen sooner or later. A "clone" that actually performs better than the "original". IMHO, the increase in performance combined with recognition of where the engine comes from, makes it an entity of its own. I understand "plagiarism" to be a "copy", not an "improvement". To put it another way, suppose Toga came along 100 years after the last version of Fruit. And suppose recognition was given to its source. Would there be an argument? No. The problem is that Fruit is still being developed by its author NOW. So we tend to think it would have been etiquette that Toga's author should have first e-mailed Fruit's author to give him suggestions before going out on his own. The bottom line though is the legalese in Fruit's license. From what I can surmise from the discussion, Toga is legal. If so, then let it be. If not, then there is a problem.
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