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I thought everyone knew the person that reads the code can only describe it to someone else who writes the new code. Having the same party do it would make it a

I thought everyone knew the person that reads the code can only describe it to someone else who writes the new code. Having the same party do it would make it a copy, if the purpose and construction is the same. At least that's how compaq beat IBM and started all this monkey business. Granted I could be full of it, I wasn't alive yet.

davorak 4y ago
> I thought everyone knew the person that reads the code can only describe it to someone else who writes the new code. Having the same party do it would make it a copy, if the purpose and construction is the same. The same party can do it and not have it count as a copy, but it could be a copy if the party was not careful. So a company that wants to avoid potentially being sued will not allow one party to do both. So jimmaswell is correct to my understanding but a company may want extra legal armor/padding.