Re: Double Creation

Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Terry is of course correct here. Proof that you had copied from something else would usually be a pretty good defense. Sorry.

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