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Thanks I guess! 
And I was indeed, of course, joking 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Thanks I guess!
You're welcome.
Sander Rossel wrote: And I was indeed, of course, joking
Evidence that your English is excellent.
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I thought that ED would be the only thing that would convert anti-maskers, but that works too.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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If it caused Erectile Dysfunction we'd all be wearing double masks 
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Given the state of my hair, that's one COVID-19 side-effect I don't have to worry about. 
Look on the bright side. If you're healthy enough to note minor details like the state of your hair, you can't be too ill.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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"She tied you to the kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah"
Don't know if your strength might have been in your hair, but your wits and sense of humour were somewhere else.
Get better soon!
Mircea
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Quote: You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?
Good one, that. I quite like the Susan Boyle version as well: Susan Boyle - Hallelujah - YouTube[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Question:
Why should I hire a software engineer if I can just copy and paste code from the Internet (CP and other sites)?
Answer:
It is still worth the money. Because -
- Copying code from Internet - $ 0
- Knowing which code to copy from Internet - $ 100000 / year
- Understanding that copied code, and fixing it so that it works correctly, and passes all tests - $ 200000 / year
- Maintaining that code - $ how much?
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What he said.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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What he said.
And the same goes for comments too...
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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I've done the first 3 at least for some of my projects here. Saved me time for parts of the project even if i did have to modify it.
Real programmers use butterflies
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A good software engineer will also
- 're-use' prior art/code or the ideas/techniques expressed by that code
- attribute/give credit to the original writer
- while not exposing you to legal sh*t for any breaches of the prior 2 points
- making the code maintainable is a given (or is it these days ?)
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Garth J Lancaster wrote: while not exposing you to legal sh*t for any breaches of the prior 2 points
Here is a scenario:
- A software engineer takes code from the Internet.
- He/she then modifies all variable, method and class names, and then deploys this modified code into production software. (Does not modify anything else in the code). Without attribution.
- Is this an IP breach? Morally/ethically yes, but legally?
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IP rights only extend to the patent, copyright, trademark, and "trade secret" categories which probably wouldn't be open source though it doesn't exclude it.
It would probably be a violation of a license's terms though. That code would be considered a derivative work which still falls under the original license. It should be pretty easy to show that something is a line-by-line copy with different names to a judge.
Now if someone took the idea of your work and wrote their own with the same general logic but different implementation details, I have no clue. You'd have to ask a lawyer. My hunch is there's no way you'd be able to reasonably prove your case with only the source code.
EDIT: Some words.
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Amarnath S wrote: Is this an IP breach? Morally/ethically yes, but legally?
I would say that it depends on the country. The modified code would probably be recognized as a "derivative work", and therefore subject to copyright, if nothing else.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've worked as an assistant expert witness on a number of 'IP' type cases - is it an IP breach (and only considering what you've outlined here) ? most certainly ... expert witnesses analysing code for such look at a number of factors to determine such, but that is some of the most obvious things to do, ie modifying variable/method/class names ..
Sometimes when you're analysing code, there may only be one way of doing something - sure .. but there can be a whole lots of other things/factors 'around that' which may provide the determination of 'copying' or not
.. as said above by others, none of this takes 'licensing' or "what is allowed for a 'derivative work'" into consideration... there be dragons everywhere
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Garth J Lancaster wrote: I've worked as an assistant expert witness on a number of 'IP' type cases
That sounds like an awesome experience.
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yes - although you learn it's not the meek that shall inherit the earth, it's the cockroaches & lawyers
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Hmmm I'm sure there's a cockroach/lawyer joke in there somewhere....
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Garth J Lancaster wrote: it's not the meek that shall inherit the earth, it's the cockroaches & lawyers
No; it's only the lawyers. There are some things that even a cockroach won't do. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I also did some work as an Expert Witness in a "you copied our code" case. I was able to easily show that the allegedly copied code was actually quite different in structure and method even though it achieved the same end (there's more than one way to skin a cat).
The interesting thing is that, to analyze the code, I was paid 5 times what I would have theoretically have been paid to actually write the code!  I wish I could have done this kind of job more often, it was quite interesting and I could have retired years ago! 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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yes, but IP + market forces + "we dont think we'll get caught" = temptation
Obviously there's a lot more to it, and a lot more techniques & considerations 
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