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Article #4569Pirating software (was "Dibol to C")
From: andrew
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 20:28
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 20:28
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"If I were to buy a software package with sources, how
extensively would I have to make changes to the system in order
to call it my own? Would changing field names? Record/file
layouts? Running it thru a translator (Language A in, Language
B out)? Changes to mainline logic?"
If the code is copyrighted, as almost all code is, no amount of change
will let you call it your own. Anything you produce starting with that
code is a "derived work" and is the property of the owner of the
original; you have no rights to it.
The only way to make code that you can call your own is to start from
scratch or to start with public domain code.
-=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP]
(tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]
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