On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:43:57PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: > Because of this, I think we need to take the following steps: > > 1. No implementation should explicitly use algorithms from CC. > > 2. No discussion of implementation matters should refer to Calendrical > Calculations. For example, don't tell someone else "go read chapter X". > Because if they read chapter X and then implement it, they can't > distribute it.
I agree, but you forgot step 0: Ask the authors if they'd be willing to release the code under an open source license. It doesn't hurt to ask and if they refuse, then we just continue ignoring the book for implementation advice. -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
