Re: copyright infringement question

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jerry Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have jumped into this conversation in the middle and may have > misunderstood the intent and nature of the whole thing, > No, I think this first statement was just perfect. > > All script editors have more things in c

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Thank you for that. The middle was right where it was needed. Cheers, Luis. Jerry Daniels wrote: Kay, All script editors have more things in common than not. That said, GLX2 script editor differs from Rev script editor in several, fundamental ways. GLX2 has... - One window and up to 20

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Kay, All script editors have more things in common than not. That said, GLX2 script editor differs from Rev script editor in several, fundamental ways. GLX2 has... - One window and up to 20 tabs for browsing scripts of different objects - Handler links within scripts so you can jump to a ha

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> How do you think the Japanese go so good at making cars; by > buying examples of the competition and driving, examining and > testing them to the very limits, and then deciding where to > do it better (and probably cheaper). > First reliability, then handling, then performance and > finally s

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b.t.w. some products even won't install if they find reverse engineering (disassembling, etc..) tools present on the machine. But those days as interpreted languages are becoming more and more common, trying to disassemble software seems to be worthless activity, because the code is not compile

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Not a lawyer either (although ended up in court too many times), nor a commercial software developer - so take what I say with a grain of salt, but basically with Richard and Chipp on this one. How do you think the Japanese go so good at making cars; by buying examples of the competition and drivi

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I agree with Richard. Many times I've had a client come to me and say they want to build an application which does such and such like this app, but in addition other stuff like this other app. If one couldn't look at competitors products, then we would have exactly one word processor, one spreadshe

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Check out some of Cem Kaner's publications on what is, is not, and should be acceptable practise: On 15-Apr-08, at 9:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, venerable collegues, Would you have a few minutes to give me your brief opinion on a copyright/i

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Sadhu, I'm not an attorney and I don't even play one on TV, so I can't begin to offer any meaningful legal opinion on your good questions. But with my limited perspective as a legal layman, I don't share the opinion of some here who seems to suggest that everything you proposed is necessarily a

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Hi there, It sounds to me like your company is looking for a lawsuit to come your direction soon. You should try to create something original, not steal someone else's ideas, and try to make them look like your own. Look at your ethics first, and say to yourself; "If that had been my id

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On 14 Apr 2008, at 23:45, Sadhunathan Nadesan wrote: don't steal code or copy look at feel too closely. Reverse engineering is legal. Agree? I think in house we agree on that. Check the reading material/EULA which comes with the product, some now specifically state that you cannot Rev

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> Would you have a few minutes to give me your brief opinion on > a copyright/intellectual property infringement question? > There is a difference of opinion at our company and I'm > seeking some outside perspective. > > Or maybe, refer me to some URL? Any help gratefully > acknowledged in a

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In the USA it's illegal to revere engineer anything, even if it'd be for educational use (A somewhat recent example is deCSS, the "cracking" of the copy protection used by DVD's). However these law rules differ in every country, sometimes even for different things (ie. machines vs software)

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I completely agree with Ian but I am not so sure your first assumption is as certain as you state. Many licenses state that you are not allowed to "reverse engineer" their code. Its questionable what that means (or if its enforcable) but I do know its part of quite a few EULAs. Neal On Mon, Apr 1

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I'm not a lawyer, so my advice is worth what you've paid for it... On 14 Apr 2008, at 23:45, Sadhunathan Nadesan wrote: The other opinion says, there is nothing illegal about it, we are not stealing anything it's a freely available download on the net, and it's the fastest way to give an idea t