Re: Double Creation

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Bruce Hayden <bhayden[_at_]copatlaw.com> wrote:
>
> There are really three reasons why two programs may be the same. One is
> that one party copied for another.... Secondly, the simularities can be
> caused by external reasons.... Finally, the simularities can be purely
> coincidential.

There's also a fourth possibility: both authors may have copied from a common source.

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