Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:47:36 02/18/99
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On February 18, 1999 at 10:05:41, William H Rogers wrote: >Crafty belongs to Bob Hyatt, he owns it completely. >The copyright laws state that there must be a 10% change in the whole source >code to make a new version, if not the program still belongs to the original >programmer. Whereas Crafty is over 1 meg in source, then there must be over a >100K in program changes to make it a new program, and that does not mean 100K of >of help files, etc. The laws are quite clear on this situation, therefore andy >changes of less than 10% are not revelant to new ownership. If some one is going >to use your code and they have not complied with the 10% rule, they are required >to get your permission to use the program and/or supply you with the new code. >In any event, the name of the program cannot be changed without prior >permission! >Bob has the legal right to do away with all Crafty clones! >I have been in the software business for over 20 years, and am quite aware of >the laws on software. >Bill Rogers Bill, Could you please let me know where this 10% rule comes from (I have not heard of it, however, that is not surprising, I have not heard of a lot of things). Do you know of a web page or another source of information where I could look this up? Thanks, KarinsDad
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