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Re: GNU License Again but this time a different question
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: GNU License Again but this time a different question |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:12:32 +0200 (CEST) |
> What happens if I get some GPL code, and read it to learn
> something about how to solve some stumbling block with something
> I can't seem to figure out how to program, then used the
> knowledge gained to write my own piece of code?
The same thing as would have happened had read it in a book: you become
educated. Copyright applies to expression, not ideas.
It also applies to copying, since nothing was copied, then it doesn't
fall under copyright.