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0 pointspalata11mo ago0 comments

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.

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saagarjha11mo ago

That would still be infringement.

palataOP11mo ago

Absolutely not. How would it be infringement to write your own code from scratch?

saagarjha11mo ago

If 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 exists.

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saagarjha11mo ago

That would still be infringement.

palataOP11mo ago

Absolutely not. How would it be infringement to write your own code from scratch?

saagarjha11mo ago

If 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 exists.

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