What's so funny is that a lot of the code that people claim to own around here was recycled vBulletin code to begin with.
I don't like having work ripped off in it's whole, but come on, a few lines of code that help a guy get a leg up should be ok. I mean the url does end in .org and there are no paid hacks allowed. These hacks are after all free, right?
To hear things like copyright being enforced arbitrarily without a even so much as an arbitration that both parties participate in, let alone a trial, if a farce.
I got slapped for using one darn line of code once and stopped contributing for years as a result. I came back to look around, shared some code and checked the reusable box so that that don't happen to someone else.
But not much has changed it seems.
If you want to own code, own it and control it. Don't throw it up as a free download. That way you won't be unhappy and some fledgling coder won't be embarrassed for using a piece of that code that he found in your work. God forbid we let someone learn something from us.
There's a lot of work here that should be respected, but there is a lot to be learned here as well. That is what I thought the point of the place was, learning. Let's not sniffle that and have a clique of code enforces looking to see who used one line of code from someone else.
Open up your mind and open up that free code.
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07-12-2008, 06:41 PM
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