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From: glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: "Borrowing" code
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:15:23 +0000 (UTC)
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Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> wrote:

(snip)
> Lew, you're not that dense. You know damned well that copyright
> infringement doesn't require identical copying. Look up "substantial
> similarity".

(snip)
> We know what the law says. You do, I do, and most other thinking people
> do. You don't need to consult a lawyer for the basics here.

> If such a situation were to go legal, let's assume that for each of the
> N apparently similar code snippets that we have N known, undisputed
> authors. One of them is the plaintiff, and has to prove first the
> infringement and then that damages occurred as a result, against one or
> more of the other N-1 parties.

Sounds amazingly like the SCO vs. (N-1 parties) regarding unix code
copyright. (See my previous post or:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_v._BSDi .)

(snip of more good points in the discussion)

-- glen