[MPlayer-dev-eng] KiSS of copyright

Christof Buergi christof at buergi.lugs.ch
Thu Mar 25 22:42:04 CET 2004


Diego Biurrun sagte:
> Hmm, I think there is a big difference between using a program and
> copying parts of its source code.  It is possible to accidentally
> run a program and/or you might claim that you were unaware of its
> license.  This does not hold for hold for source code, though.
> There are copyright notices everywhere and if you write code you DO
> know a thing or two about copyright and about "borrowing" other
> people's work.

Yes, of course. The kind of "usage" is important when it comes to a
lawsuit. But for the question, whether or not there has been an
implicit acceptance, it doesn't matter.

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