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Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread...
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Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:40:48 GMT
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One of the reasons why I publish some of my models on the net, other
than boosting my ego, of course, is to share my ideas with other
people. If someone got inspiration from looking at my models and tried
to make something slighlt different, I would be very happy.
If someone copies an entire design and say that they made it themselves,
I would say that's a bit rude. But using constructions inspired from
other person's design is perfectly acceptable, in my opinion. It makes
no sense to copyright a way to put together bricks, just as it makes no
sense to copyright a way to put together words to form a sentence.
Whereever I find it appropriate, I try to link to other people's
creations when I have been inspired from them. I think this is a nice
gesture, but it is probably not needed.
Fredrik
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| Actually, it does make sense to "copyright" your designs. Let me explain: By placing a copyright notice on your webpage, you indicate that the original content (i.e. your creative ideas) is your intellectual property. Anyone who does not ask (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread...
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| Having seen the length Plagiarism thread that's been running on .general lately, it led me to thinking... At what point - in your own opinion - does getting inspiration from another person's model become copying it? Supposing you see a novel way of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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