Re: Visual Euphoria wont run
It doesn't matter how long it takes.....if someone _wants_ to "rip off your
idea", they can do it, no matter if it's open or closed source. That's why
laws exist though. It's sort of like saying, "I'm going to write a book,
but I'm afraid that people will "rip off my idea", so I'm going to write the
entire book in a secret code." Although, here's the difference. You can't
copyright an "idea". So, if you use closed source, and someone does the
same thing, but using their own code, I _COULD_ be wrong, but my years of
experience as a legal secretary makes me think they wouldn't have a single
legal problem with doing that. On the other hand, if they were to use your
CODE that you had put out as open source, then they could be successfully
sued.
And, going back to the "Opera" example: Just like someone mentioned
earlier..._IF_ I were interested in doing that....I'd be much more likely
to "rip off their idea" because I couldn't see the source code, than I would
if I _could_ see it. (I don't know how Opera got on the Euphoria achieves,
but heh..you started it, so I'll go with it...because remember this whole
discussion is about things on the achieves being open or closed source..but
anyway). If Opera were on the euphoria achieves with closed source and I
really really liked how it worked, except a few things needed
fixing...........(IF I were that interested in it, as you appear to
be).....then I'd simply recreate the whole thing with the changes that I
think would make it better..and I'd call it something different, since I had
created the new code from scratch. However, if it were in the achieves as
open source, I'd simply make the modifications to the source that already
existed. Either, I'd only use it myself in the modified version..OR I'd
send it back to the creator, as a suggestion.
Michelle Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Lomax" <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Visual Euphoria wont run
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> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:19:18 -0400, Michelle Rogers
> <michellerogers at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> >But, it's like someone else said....people using the contributions page
are
> >using the Euphoria programming language, as well.....So, if they want to
> >"rip off your ideas", they don't _need_ to see your source code to do it.
> >All they have to do is run your program to see what it does and then code
it
> >themselves.
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> Well, rather than waste your time on this discussion, have you tried
> the Opera browser? I think it is really nice, much better than IE, but
> it tends to crash when loading for me quite alot (lovely and stable
> *if* it loads, but I think I have a config problem). Thing is, it's
> closed source, what I'd really like is a Euphoria version so I can
> track the bugs down. I have some friends coming round tomorrow so if
> you could post a working version by say 6:45pm (gmt) that would be
> great.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
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