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rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
10. Re: strsep sourc (Buck)
Scott's comments about derivative works comes from the idea that you can't
copy pages from my copyrighted math textbook, publish it with a new cover
and call it your own.
What bothers me about all of this is the "standard practice" of using
copyrighted programs that (nearly?) all of us have done... E.g., we see
a copyrighted article in a trade magazine that provides an example
template for "Work with..." functions and think nothing of using it more
or less directly as the basis for every "Work with..." function we ever
write. Downloadable code is usually available too, now that telecomm is
everywhere.
Technically, that's a possible copyright violation and I challenge
anybody to prove that a lawyer _couldn't_ convince a court of it. But
it's common practice. It's been so common for so long that the entire
concept of copying _published_ code for inclusion in applications calls
into question the validity of enforcing copyrights once the code is
widely published.
How is it possible to know when a copyright is "serious"? (I don't know
a better word for this.)
Tom Liotta
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