Re: Help system

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"Ken Halter" <Ken_Halter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Kevin Provance" <casey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> The only problem was, it took me awhile to clean out all that
>>>> copyright
>> stuff, change comments, rename variables, move things around, etc
>> until it looked like something I wrote. <g> <<
>>
>> Maybe I'm speaking out of turn here, but isn't that considered
>> unethical? Credit should be given where credit is due. If someone
>> did that to my hard work, I would be a little nonplussed about it.
>>
>> - Kev
>
> imo, that only applies to code that you're going to publish. My
> "copy" of that class is stripped of all code that I don't personally
> use and the stuff I do use has been modified to my "standards" (which
> is almost identical to the published hungarian rules) CodeSMART has
> something called a 'Naming Standards Manager' that will flag stuff
> that doesn't conform to your company's standards... so, I use that
> and fix it until it stops complaining <g> I don't intend to publish
> the results (or give a copy to anyone) and claim them as my own....
> or suggest people use my copy instead of the HTML Help Center's copy.
> I admit that it's a bit of a "grey area" but.... who writes code
> anymore? <g> Most apps are compiled from snips you get here, there
> and everywhere.

"snips" from "here, there and everywhere" I agree would just be
incorporated. Larger chunks of code that come with copyright notes at the
very least need to keep the original copyright with additional comments that
the code has been modified or "adapted from" or something along those lines.
Even if you don't intend to distribute source in any form now who knows what
may happen down the line. It'd be way too easy to pull part or all of the
code out and used later as an example.

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