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Received: from netnet1.netnet.net (netnet1.netnet.net [198.70.64.2]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA01547 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 21:33:51 -0700 Received: (from mouring@localhost) by netnet1.netnet.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id XAA11541; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 23:33:46 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 23:33:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Ben Lindstrom <mouring@netnet.net> To: Vladimir Mazek <dev@gate.net> cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: ARDI legal stuff In-Reply-To: <199510192052.QAA82766@tequesta.gate.net> Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951019232943.11366A-100000@netnet1.netnet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Vladimir Mazek wrote: > I believe Cliff wrote about this before, but I still don't get it > completely. I don't understand why ardi is doing everything from the ground > up (reinventing the wheel)? I know that apple would sue you if you took the > code completely, but aren't you even allowed to take "snippets" of code and > modify them to run on the IBM compatibles. > heheh...Umm...Anyone programmer that has had ANY direct contact with disassembly with any Apple software can cause the company to be sued. Trust me..I've heard of cases.... > Would they have any way of figuring out what you did? > It's not that hard...Depends on the size of code....I'm writing a driver for QuickBase to access Perl via DBI...I could REWRITE the WHOLE program based around their code...but the direct concepts. A programmer (or group) have a unique way of solving problems. If their are too manyofthe "uniqueism" in the code...And they can prove ONE..ONLY needs ONE ( =) ) programmer worked with disasemblying the original source.. Law suit.=)