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CC licenses don't prevent reverse engineering
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::::Nope. Incompatible licenses --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 17:23, 29 Jul 2004 (EEST) | ::::Nope. Incompatible licenses --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 17:23, 29 Jul 2004 (EEST) | ||
:::::Code "like" theirs is easy to write. Just look at theirs, and write new code that works the same, but is not the same. There is no provision in the [[CC-nc-sa]] to stop you from trying to [[reverse engineer code]]. | |||
It is better to leave open those pages with obvious meanings, so that we can find a way to figure out what they mean in context from their references later. It is also fine to leave [[Proper Name]]s or companies and people open so that they can eventually be directed to acceptable commentary about them. A few theory terms like [[respect for diversity]] and [[wiki mission]] are so wide open they should be defined more by osmosis, and we should wait as long as we can to do so - preferably using examples from elsewhere. | It is better to leave open those pages with obvious meanings, so that we can find a way to figure out what they mean in context from their references later. It is also fine to leave [[Proper Name]]s or companies and people open so that they can eventually be directed to acceptable commentary about them. A few theory terms like [[respect for diversity]] and [[wiki mission]] are so wide open they should be defined more by osmosis, and we should wait as long as we can to do so - preferably using examples from elsewhere. | ||