10-18-2003, 12:57 PM
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Originally posted by Rivux
re·write
v. re·wrote, (-rt) re·writ·ten, (-rtn) re·writ·ing, re·writes
v. tr.
To write again, especially in a different or improved form
mod·i·fi·ca·tion
n.
A small alteration, adjustment, or limitation
When it comes to coding, modifcation is illegal unless the license allows for it. Re-writing is perfectly legal regardless of what the license says. Just because someone saw your script, found some bugs then wrote a new script with the same features plus some improvements doesn't make what he did illegal. There is nothing in your script or anyones traffic trading script that they can patent which means you can't sue him for using the same ideas or features.
Does it suck, ya for the most part. Because now someone has a better script then yours, which is never good for business. But it's been mentioned a dozen times before, start listening to your users, and make steady improvements, eventually the best program will win out. It is a business and regardless of whether you like what happened, the code is different enough that you are going to lose, so work on your script and forget about them.
Side note: I think traffic trading scripts are garbage and just fuck around the user, but I guess that is neither here nor there.
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Rivux...Choker knows this as well, which is why he has had to resort to name calling, bumping old threads and even physical threats. Icefire did nothing that could be considered illegal. Being a partner of his in another venture at the time, I checked into this as did he. Choker doesn't want to spend any money to consult a lawer, if he did...he'd know this too.
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