On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Oded Arbel wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 August 2003 23:38, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > > Than another guy, took my library, transform it to another
> > > language, released it as GPL also, but deleted my
> > > copyright notice.
>
> > IANAL.Having said that, copyright law, which is the basis of your power
> > to limit distribution (force people to comply with your license) as an
> > author of the work (your library in this case), only covers
> > *experssion*, not ideas.
>
> IANAL too, but I think this might be considered in the same manner of a book
> that is translated to another language - but the copyright still holds.
> If hes version does everything (or most everything) the same as yours, but
> simply in a different language - then IMO this is copyright infringement.
>
> OTOH, it's ok to take ideas - if hes implementation is considerably different
> in details that are **not as a result of the other guys choice in languages**
> then he's in the clear but still a bastard.
In my opinion, if the other guy released his expression under GPL, then
the argument is moot. shtirlitz could take the other guy's stuff,
reinstate his (shtirlitz's) credit and release a X.(Y+1) version with all
credits.
--- Omer
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