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I was responding to johansch's new trail of thought. He is implying more than reading.
by bbcbasic 12y ago
I was responding to johansch's new trail of thought. He is implying more than reading.
- nitrogen 12y agoI didn't read it as implying more than reading. Reading alone could get you into trouble if you end up making something similar from scratch. AIUI/IANAL, there's not a legal requirement to implement competing products in a clean room fashion, but it's easier to defend against a lawsuit if your implementers never read the competing code.
- bbcbasic 12y agoYes I would agree. There is reading as in opening the link and thinking what the hell, glad I don't have to code in assembler. (What I did). Then there is reading as in opening the link, examining the code, deeply understanding it, then going off and writing your own one 'from scratch'.