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nnStaff · #17 03-27-2010, 07:29 PM

note that I'm fine with not posting it, but I feel bad for all the people out there who can use it...

however, isn't it even recognized in US Copyright Law that after you change a certain percentage, it becomes a different enough product to not fall under the copyright of the previous work anymore? Just food for thought... I think that if I have theoretically changed 75% of the code to make it work in vb4, but still wanted to post it under the same name for recognition, I should be able to.

Note that I'm not claiming I've changed that much... more like 20% and 50% for the two mods I've updated. But I just wanted to throw that in there for the debate

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