Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.027 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'reason,': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; 'collins,': 0.16; 'given,': 0.16; 'laws.': 0.16; 'placeholder': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:Programming': 0.16; 'suggested,': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'code.': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; 'pieces': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'code,': 0.22; 'example': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'laws': 0.24; 'text,': 0.24; 'fine': 0.24; 'post': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'said,': 0.30; 'posting': 0.31; '25,': 0.31; 'author,': 0.31; 'piece': 0.31; 'violation': 0.31; 'figure': 0.32; 'another': 0.32; 'text': 0.33; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'doubt': 0.36; 'project': 0.37; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'short': 0.38; 'itself': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'matter': 0.61; 'received:173': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'subject:Need': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'us,': 0.73; 'books.': 0.84; 'given.': 0.84; 'profit.': 0.84; 'quotations': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'subject:Project': 0.84; 'subject:Science': 0.91; 'examine': 0.93; 'insane': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Need Help with Programming Science Project Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:10:10 -0500 References: <52E2F96B.4070606@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-75-254-207.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1390612504 news.xs4all.nl 2881 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:64714 On 1/24/2014 7:34 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:38 AM, bob gailer wrote: >> On 1/24/2014 5:05 AM, theguy wrote: >>> >>> I have a science project that involves designing a program which can >>> examine a bit of text with the author's name given, then figure out who the >>> author is if another piece of example text without the name is given. I so >>> far have three different authors in the program and have already put in the >>> example text but for some reason, the program always leans toward one >>> specific author, Suzanne Collins, no matter what insane number I try to put >>> in or how much I tinker with the coding. I would post the code, but I don't >>> know if it's fine to put it here, as it contains pieces from books. I do >>> believe that would go against copyright laws. >> >> AFAIK copyright laws apply to reproducing something for profit. I doubt that >> posting it here will matter. > > Incorrect; posting not-for-profit can still be a violation of > copyright. But as Peter said, the text itself isn't critical. Post > with placeholder text, as he suggested, and we can look at the code. In the US, short quotations are allowed for 'fair use'. -- Terry Jan Reedy