I am going to modify the MemoPad program to work with
the pilotSSLeay library, to build a secure Memo Pad.
As you see, not many people will trust an encryption
program without looking at it's source code. So it's
natural to bundle the .prc with the source code.
I do not want to claim the code is written by me. I can
keep the copyright notice with the source code. The
problem is I am not sure if 3COM would allow me to re-
distribute it. I still think that sample code should be
public domain. Otherwise, what's the point of "you can
see it, but you cannot use it"? Anyone from 3COM?
Thanks
horace
----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Ardiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Dev Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 1999 Oct 18 Mon 01:19am
Subject: Re: Can I redistribute Palm's sample code (with my modification)?
> I am wondering to what extend we can use the Palm sample
> source code in the SDK. I am going to start an app which
> uses a lot of the sample code, say 90% of the whole app.
> And I want to distribute the app with source code.
>
> Since there are copyright notice inside the sample code,
> I do not know if it's ok for me to distribute the codes
> (90% from the sample, 10% my addition).
>
> Could anyone provide more information? Why didn't 3COM
> just remove any copyright notice from sample codes?
i believe it all depends on what you are copying from
the code.. obviously the manner in which the program is
structured cannot be copyrighted - that is, the style
for creating the pilotMain() methods etc.. but anything
specific to the application - such as the code to
perform manipulation of data (it all depends on what
sample program you were talking about) may not be copied.
for example, writing a new "reptoids" clone using 90%
of the sample source code would not be morally correct.
the sample source code is provided so that you get an
idea of the concepts of *how* to do things.. not just
cut and paste and claim as your own.
which sample application were you talking about? and
what features are you adding. with this information,
it might be possible to determine the validity of
using 3com's sample code.
cheers.
az.
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