[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by PaulSonny

I disagree Jacquii. Most coders (including myself) put alot of time and effort into writing code and it really annoys me when others copy my code.

Can you imagine if you wrote a lovely poem and then someone else claimed it was theirs? You'd be pretty upset right?

Thanks, Paul.

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Beauty for some provides escape, Who gain their happiness from eyeing
The gorgeous buttocks of an ape Or autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

Wonderful lines - I wish I could claim them for my own... Alas - I didn't write them. But what if I were to write:

Beauty for most has mirrored escape, To luxury and happiness undying
For few who've spied beautimous ape Or snatched his banana whilst spying.

Are you gonna sue me for using the words "beauty", "escape" & "ape"

Better yet - what if I write 2a + 4 = 10 --- And someone has used that same equation in their Basic Algebra for Idiots book - page 7.... Of course "a" is 3 LOL - But should I be sued because I put the same equation on page 8 of my Basically, Algebra's For Idiots book.

There's a distinct difference between completely plagiarising someone's intellectual property and calling it your own and using a bit of code that has been around for ages and reworking it so that it's your own.

Oh - wait a second.... We're talking about temperamental coders. Hmmm - Thank GAWD there's no temperamental creative people walking around LOL

Jacquii.