[thelist] plagiarism and content

[Ken Moore]

Hi all,

Chris is exactly right. "A copyright covers the expression of an idea, not 
the idea itself." For example, if I like a program, I can get the source 
code in Perl and re-write it in PHP or even Perl as long as I do not just 
change the variables. It must be a different expression of the idea.

Or, I could get a list of definitions, hopefully 2 of the same terms, and 
re-write them.

I faced a similar proglem relating to dozens of informative documents. My 
solution was to write short descriptive text and link to the site itself. 
Not frame in on my site, but to really link to it. This satisfies my needs.

Perhaps someday when I can afford it, I will have it re-written.

Do not steal the info. It is too easy to be found out.

Ken

Chris wrote:

>Dan et al
>
> > That example of "You are NOT required to get more than one estimate"
> > would not be considered plagerism, I think that you might
> > have a problem with "Using our 16 and a half point precision
> > inspection" and then proceed to list the 16 and a half
> > points, that might be a grey area.  Where others might have
> > 17 or 18 or 124.  Once you get in something that isnt
> > industry standard, but is marketing lingo or a marketing idea
> > that is specific to one outfit you could be getting into trouble.
>
>"A copyright covers the expression of an idea, not the idea itself [..].
>For example, if a book is written describing a new way to organize books
>in a library, a copyright does not prohibit a reader from freely using
>and describing that concept to others; [..].

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