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It's going to be extremely hard to argue with that diff. The Thesis version is basically the same code with only some minor reformatting and additional comments
by ajtaylor 16y ago
It's going to be extremely hard to argue with that diff. The Thesis version is basically the same code with only some minor reformatting and additional comments.
- intlect 16y agoIt's actually a matter of proving it was copied and not written like that on account of, you know, good coding practice.
- alanh 16y agoRight, otherwise we have moved into software-patent area (and correct me if I’m wrong, but there are no software patents that apply).
- sfall 16y agoI agree there are really simple calls that just seem to use normal naming conventions, and is this the only section that has this potential issue?
- icey 16y agohttp://ma.tt/2010/07/syn-thesis-1/#comments http://ma.tt/2010/07/syn-thesis-1/#comments Search for the third match of "Rick Beckman" "I’m the one who contributed that particular chunk of code to Thesis. A lot of stuff in that particular file was done by me simply because at the time I didn’t know any better & I’m not sure if Chris & I had even discussed the GPL at that point or not."