1. copyright restrictions
To Rob.. and anyone who cares to comment:
I have an application written in Object Euphoria by Mike Nelson who was kind
enough to port the program from original java by David Anderson. Mike
ported this program for me primarily as a demo of Object Euphoria library.
Andersons program Icos.java is posted on one of his web pages at:
The program heading is:
// Icos.java Copyright 1998 David J. Anderson
There are no specific restrictions sited in the code or elsewhere on Mr.
Anderson's web site.
I have requested permission from Mr. Anderson to post/distribute the the
port (free of course) giving full credit to Mr. Anderson describing any
differences in the ported program ( Mike's code was a straightforward
partial port of Icos.java - I have made slight modifications and extended
the program somewhat) with reference in the program and/or documentation to
his site for further information. It has been over a week now and I have
received no reply from Mr. Anderson.
My plan was to post the Euphoria code on The Recent User's Contribution Page
and then refer people from other forums (Buckminster Fuller enthusiasts,
dome home mailing lists, etc.),
I am thinking that some of these people may be interested in learning
Euphoria.
So much for my plans... the question is - Can I legally/ethically distribute
the port of a Copyrighted program?
Your opinions will be appreciated?
....................
Kenneth Rhodes
Note: If David Cuny's editor is re implemented under his cross-platform GUI
and then modified to support Mike Nelsons' OOP library with auto statement
complete functions -it would be an OO_EE_GUI.
Just a thought
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2. Re: copyright restrictions
Kenneth Rhodes writes:
> // Icos.java Copyright 1998 David J. Anderson
> ...
> So much for my plans... the question is -
> Can I legally/ethically distribute the port of a
> Copyrighted program?
I believe any publication carries an implicit copyright
for the author, i.e. whether it's stated (as he does above)
or not.
Maybe you should wait a bit longer to reach him.
Most people are happy if someone finds their
source code useful. They just want to be acknowledged.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
3. Re: copyright restrictions
Kenneth Dwight Rhodes wrote:
>
>Note: If David Cuny's editor is re implemented under his cross-platform GUI
>and then modified to support Mike Nelsons' OOP library with auto statement
>complete functions -it would be an OO_EE_GUI.
>
>Just a thought
I must offer my sincere apologies to the list. It appears that I started an
insidious something far more dangerous than a flame war. We are now
awash in a small thing called a puny..er punny war. Let us hope that it doesn't
drag us all down into one loooooooooooong permanent GROOOOOOAN!
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
4. Re: copyright restrictions
At 05:27 PM 3/15/00 -0500, Rett wrote:
<SNIP!> Let us hope that it doesn't
>drag us all down into one loooooooooooong permanent GROOOOOOAN!
>
>Everett L.(Rett) Williams
>rett at gvtc.com
Though we but puny mortals be, our play upon words will be immortalized in
the electronic ether...
What are 5 puns worth in the U.K.? At today's exchange rates: $7.86037 USD
Yep, Use a pun, go to Jail.
