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Generally, what I take from this discussion is that what you want to do is get as much inspiration as you want from the code, but absolutely rewrite it from scr
by palata 2y ago
Generally, what I take from this discussion is that what you want to do is get as much inspiration as you want from the code, but absolutely rewrite it from scratch such that it is yours and yours only.
- saagarjha 2y agoThat would still be infringement.
- palata 2y agoAbsolutely not. How would it be infringement to write your own code from scratch?
- saagarjha 2y agoIf you read someone else's code and copy it down, then you are infringing on it. There's a reason why https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design exists.
- palata 2y agoWhere did I say that you copy it? I used the words "you rewrite it from scratch", not "you copy it".
- saagarjha 2y agoThat's a copy. Read the Wikipedia article I linked and it explains what people do to demonstrate they're not infringing.
- palata 2y agoBecause people spend a lot of time making sure that they can prove that they did not infringe copyright does not prove anything here. It just says that some people put a lot of effort into making sure that they could easily prove that they didn't infringe copyright.