Re[2]: beos-bootloader? (fwd)

Mike Kilburn (mike@conexio.co.za)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:52:45 +0200 (SAST)

> Furthermore, even if they did not *copy* code in the kernel proper.. I'de
> like to know what *ideas* they borrowed.. :) (i.e. they didn't just take
> the code, but they took the concept)..

I have often wondered about this regarding GPL code. I have studied so much
GPLed code I cant help but use it this way when I program non-free software.
Does that violate the GPL? Does just the act of re-typing the code make it
your own? Its not possible to forget a clever programming technique once
you have seen it in some GPL source code so what can you do?

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