Re: GNU License Again but this time a different question

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > 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.