-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Adam Turoff wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 03:40:57PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: > > - Point out that at least some portion of this code is _already_ Free > > Software. See > > http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lisp/calendar/ > > If this is the case, then why not just use the elisp code as a guide > and reimplement the interesting bits in a perlish manner? CC can serve > as a body of external documentation on how the code works. > > This certainly won't qualify as a clean room implementation, but since > anyone who is interested in writing Date / Time modules in Perl has > probably read CC already, I don't think that's a possibility. It > doesn't solve the pseudo-legalistic bullying issues, but it sounds like > a defensible position to start from. Yes, I think that this is a very reasonable thing to do, and it is, in fact, what I have already tried to start doing. However, I would *really* like R&D's permission and encouragement as well. I don' tthink that we're on shaky legal ground no matter what they say, but I'd like to have their blessing. Not sure why particularly. And perhaps it is worse to ask, because if they say no, then what do we do? But it seemed like the right thing to do. - -- Rich Bowen - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kenya.rcbowen.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iD8DBQE+KF/OXP03+sx4yJMRAoWUAKDdww6KmTh4QijcT87Rh4SnORdOmwCeIS/J xaL5N/6kFUOH1Y5WXLPCVDs= =Z7eG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
