Subj : IP v6 To : Joe Delahaye From : mark lewis Date : Sat Mar 02 2013 10:46 am > similar code is OK... exact results are definitely OK... exact code > may not be OK unless it is common and there's no other way... JD> How many copyright suits have been filed because of similar code? JD> Way too many, incorrect... SIMILAR code is not the problem... /exact/ code is... an example: Free Pascal is Delphi (7) compatible... when a feature that is in Delphi is implemented in FPC or Lazarus (a FPC RAD [rapid application development] environment), one can ask questions about the Delphi implementation of the function... others who are answering the questions can look at the actual Delphi library sources to provide those answers... the coder asking the answers then creates his implementation of the feature based on those answers... in this way, the coder is not tainted by having seen the Delphi sources for that feature and they can work out their own method of implementing the feature... JD> and its all up to the interpetation of some judge, who, hopefully, JD> has some technical knowledge agreed... )\/(ark --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.42) .