Re[2]: beos-bootloader? (fwd)
Trever Adams (arabian@onramp.Net)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:09:00 +0000
> Mike Kilburn
>
>
> > Furthermore, even if they did not *copy* code in the kernel proper.. I'de
> > like to know what *ideas* they borrowed.. :) (i.e. they didn't just take
> > the code, but they took the concept)..
>
> I have often wondered about this regarding GPL code. I have studied so much
> GPLed code I cant help but use it this way when I program non-free software.
> Does that violate the GPL? Does just the act of re-typing the code make it
> your own? Its not possible to forget a clever programming technique once
> you have seen it in some GPL source code so what can you do?
>
Depending on how much of it you use it (At least in the USA) could very
well fall under fair use or some other similar law. So I would say it
probably doesn't. Just be careful about copying/pasting or retyping too
much of the code as this would definitely fall under the copyright
domain with no way around it.
Trever
arabian@onramp.net
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