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0 pointssaagarjha11mo ago0 comments

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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palata11mo ago

Where did I say that you copy it? I used the words "you rewrite it from scratch", not "you copy it".

saagarjhaOP11mo ago

That's a copy. Read the Wikipedia article I linked and it explains what people do to demonstrate they're not infringing.

palata11mo ago

Because 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.

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0 pointssaagarjha11mo ago0 comments

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.

palata11mo ago

Where did I say that you copy it? I used the words "you rewrite it from scratch", not "you copy it".

saagarjhaOP11mo ago

That's a copy. Read the Wikipedia article I linked and it explains what people do to demonstrate they're not infringing.

palata11mo ago

Because 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.

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