OpenEuphoria

Re: Who can write an inputbox.e?

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Jan 22, 2003
• 520 views

Liu responded:

> Dan Moyer wrote:
> > Liu,
> >
<snip>
> > 2.  Your improved inputbox.ew is missing the code doing the creation of
> > the
> > inputbox
<snip>> >

> That is an unexpected error of IE, not my original code.

Well, no one can be very surprised by errors in IE!  :)   Can you re-send
your code for inputbox.ew?

>
> > 3.  You "copyrighted" your code; did you mean that no one may use your
> > code
> > without your express permission?  I think many people don't understand
> > that
> > "copyright" does NOT mean "this code was created by me", but rather "I,
> > the
> > creator of this code, restrict the right to copy this code without my
> > express permission".  In other words, "copyright" means "having the
> > right to
> > copy", and restricts that right to the author and any persons expressly
> > given that right *by* the author.
> >
> I am not a native speaker of English, anyone can use my code freely,
> only to know who coded it.

I think I've seen other people, probably native English speakers,  also use
"copyright" in code they almost certainly meant to be freely useable,
presumbly thinking it meant "written by"; perhaps this post will help end
that misunderstanding.

By the way, welcome to the Euphoria community :)

Dan Moyer