mike3 writes: > What happens if I get some GPL code, and read it to learn something about > how to solve some stumbling block with something I can't seem to figure > out how to program, then used the knowledge gained to write my own piece > of code?
The same thing as would have happened had read it in a book: you become educated. Copyright applies to expression, not ideas. > Do I have to GPL that piece of code and/or any and all other programs > built around it? If you had gained the same knowledge by reading a book published by Microsoft Press would you have to assign the copyright to Microsoft? Of course not! -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
