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Subject: Re: Do source code validate an engine as legal?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:28:28 06/17/05

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On June 17, 2005 at 14:20:34, Cesar Contreras wrote:

>This post it's because i want to know people point of view in this matter.
>
>I received some weeks ago some emails that make me aware of some denunciations
>about my engine stating that it is a clone. Since i can not know who make this
>denunciation and why they made it, i cannot make an statement on this fact.
>Maybe something related to fafis case, because it happens just after that case.
>
>So in order to stop this from the very beggining i released my source code. I
>don't hide any big secret, and i'm sure that 99.99% of the code was typed by me.
>Maybe some lines are taken from code snippets from forums, but are almost
>nothing. Some ideas are taken from everywhere, but the most of them are taken
>from papers, thesis, articles and books.
>
>Now i think that because that emails where sended to several people of this
>forum (a public accusation in my understanding) they think that my engine
>probably could be clone. I see some comments as insinuations against my engine
>(probably wrong about it). I feel a sensation also that because i was defending
>Rafael, people think that i was defended the clone cause.
>
>So my questions:
>
>can source code completly validate an engine as legal?

Depends on what you mean.  It should remove any doubt as far as whether the
engine is a clone or not.  There could be a patent violation that all parties
are unaware of, and so it might (strictly speaking) be illegal.

>if not, what can validate an engine as legal?
>
>Has anyone receibed messages from karimejaime_80@hotmail.com? someone know who
>is? i really would like to know who did this acussations and what is the
>interest.
>
>Maybe i'm taking too seriuos something that does not need to be taken seriuos...
>or maybe not.

Since you have released your source code, I do not think that anyone can raise a
claim that cannot be refuted.



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