Horace,
A workaround for this is to only distribute the source code that you made such
as the encryption. You implement your part as a shared library. This is
called by the modified MemoPad sample that you also wrote. Thus the 3Com
source code is not distributed and you can fill the assumed needs of you user
base.
Steve
Horace Ho wrote:
> 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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