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So if you work on an open source project and learn some techniques from it, and then in your day job you use a similar technique, is that a copyright violation?
by klipt 5y ago
So if you work on an open source project and learn some techniques from it, and then in your day job you use a similar technique, is that a copyright violation?
Basically does reading GPL code pollute your brain and make it impossible to work for pay later?
If so you should only ever read BSD code, not GPL.
- throwawayboise 5y ago> Basically does reading GPL code pollute your brain and make it impossible to work for pay later? It seems to me that some people believe it does. Some of the "clean room" projects specifically instructed developers to not even look at GPL code. Specific examples not at hand.
- visarga 5y agoI start seeing Ballmer's point of view. It's like cancer.
- astrange 5y agoMicrosoft appears to believe this (or maybe just MacBU) because I've met employees who tell me they're not allowed to read any public code including Stack Overflow answers.