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.
That's what I was thinking. > 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. I haven't read it yet, since I read the license first. I'm sure our position is defensible. I've read online that you can't patent or copyright algorithms anyway, so the license is pretty bogus anyway. I'd rather get their agreement (and hopefully convey to them the problems with the license) though. Plus in the worst case they could still sue a module author, who'd have to deal with the legal hassle, regardless of its legal merits. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
