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| From | Novice <novice@example..com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | "Borrowing" code |
| Date | 2012-02-16 19:50 +0000 |
| Organization | Your Company |
| Message-ID | <Xns9FFB971CFBEEEjpnasty@94.75.214.39> (permalink) |
I'm curious to know the legalities involved in "borrowing" code without paying for it. Let me clarify. Let's say that I find some code snippets or even entire classes, displayed on websites and that it would save me time and money to use those classes in my own projects. This web site, www.java2s.com, is just one of many such web sites on the Internet, as is the Java Tutorial at the Oracle website. Assuming I make no claim that I am the author (by leaving the @author Javadoc tag empty), am I "stealing" this code? What if I cite the author name in the @author tag (or the URL of the webpage in a comment if the author's name isn't present in the code)? Or would I have to get written permission of the author or website to use the code? Or even obtain a licence before I can use the code? Code published in web pages or newsgroup posts "feels" as if it should be in the public domain but I think that's just wishful thinking on my part. Given that you can look at it without paying anyone for that privilege, and copy it into your own IDE and try it, etc. it feels as if it is there to be used. But as I understand it, those who create written works, whether books or programs, are their owners (unless in the employ of others) and retain copyright on this work, a copyright that typically lasts for the developer's life plus 70 years. If copyright does apply to all these snippets and example classes, would I be able to bypass copyright by modifying the code in some small way - maybe just with some comments or different variable names - or would that be the equivalent of painting a stolen car: it doesn't negate the fact that it's stolen and just tries to make it less obvious? I've been banging my head against a wall for a while on a couple of classes my project needs and I have found two perfectly good classes that meet my needs so I'd like to use them rather than put still more time into making my own classes work satisfactorily. I'd like to figure out what I can do to use the clases I found without having to look over my shoulder (or fight my conscience) on the question of "stealing" this code. -- Novice
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"Borrowing" code Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-16 19:50 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-16 20:28 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 12:59 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-02-16 13:51 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-16 15:03 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:21 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-17 11:29 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 11:51 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-17 17:50 -0400
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-17 22:36 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 23:27 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-18 15:11 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 10:28 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-18 20:08 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-18 16:46 -0400
Re: "Borrowing" code BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 01:58 -0700
Re: "Borrowing" code Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-18 13:03 -0400
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 10:31 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-18 20:15 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-19 19:46 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-02-19 23:08 -0600
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-20 09:17 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2012-02-20 09:32 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-20 01:45 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 08:35 -0700
Re: "Borrowing" code Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-02-20 03:59 -0600
Re: "Borrowing" code Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-17 17:00 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-02-17 16:08 -0600
Re: "Borrowing" code Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-17 17:14 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2012-02-17 18:00 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-17 21:54 -0400
Re: "Borrowing" code Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-17 17:10 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-17 22:42 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-17 15:22 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-18 01:37 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-19 19:51 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-16 23:37 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:26 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-16 19:36 -0400
Re: "Borrowing" code Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-02-16 22:15 -0600
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:41 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-16 23:36 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-16 18:42 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-16 15:19 -0700
Re: "Borrowing" code Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-16 23:50 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:57 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-17 17:09 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-02-17 18:45 +0000
[OT] Harry Potter copyright claims (Was: "Borrowing" code) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 11:00 -0800
Re: [OT] Harry Potter copyright claims (Was: "Borrowing" code) Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-17 11:36 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2012-02-20 09:41 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 10:34 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Bent C Dalager <bcd@pvv.ntnu.no> - 2012-02-18 00:08 +0000
Re: "Borrowing" code Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-16 18:14 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-16 18:37 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-02-16 17:39 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-16 20:34 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-02-16 18:01 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-16 21:18 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-16 20:26 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-16 20:32 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-17 00:25 -0700
Re: "Borrowing" code Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 02:01 -0800
Re: "Borrowing" code Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2012-02-17 11:36 +0000
Was: "Borrowing" code - Links for budding copyright lawyers Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-17 17:29 -0500
Re: "Borrowing" code Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-20 19:22 +0000
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