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- 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>
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- On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Vladimir Mazek wrote:
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- > 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....
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- > 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..
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- Law suit.=)
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