Rich, can you declare either: a) declare that the implementation was not copied b) supply a reimplementation if it was
Otherwise I will be forced (legally) to remove the code from CVS (which I don't really want to do ;-), don't you just love licencing issues) Stephen > from: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Rich Dougherty wrote: > Implementing the java.util.LinkedList interface is perfectly legal. The > fact that many linked list implementations will look similar to each other > is the nature of the beast -- the question is, did you write it yourself > or did you copy someone else's implementation? > > Copying code directly from some other implementation is restricted by the > terms under which you acquired that source code (i.e. if you copy code > from an Apache class into you're own, you have to obey the Apache license > terms; same for Sun source code or anyone elses). > > In the case at hand, if the code was directly copied from Sun source code > then it is Sun intellectual property, bound by the click-through license > that you accepted when you downloaded it. Short answer: you can't do > that. > > I have not checked the proposed code against the Sun sources, but this > sounds like it would be a problematic contribution to me. > > > > Rich > > > > Craig McClanahan > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
