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: I think that that excerpt would qualify for fair use, at least in the U.S.A. (This site is educational, and non-profit, the quoted material is but a small part of the entire work, and the idea that this quote would devalue the book seems absurd). --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 11:32, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
: I think that that excerpt would qualify for fair use, at least in the U.S.A. (This site is educational, and non-profit, the quoted material is but a small part of the entire work, and the idea that this quote would devalue the book seems absurd). --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 11:32, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
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:: The site is ''[[Rosetta_Code:Finances#Definition|not]]'' non-profit. That'd cost too much to set up and maintain. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 14:01, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
:: The site is ''[[Rosetta_Code:Finances#Definition|not]]'' non-profit. That'd cost too much to set up and maintain. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 14:01, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
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::: That is ironic, but I still think we should be ok on the legal front. When I look at the reference page, the amount of overlap with the prolog y-combinator is vanishingly small, and this site is not going to be doing any harm to the publishers of that book. Unless I am missing something big, it would be difficult to support an assertion that the publishers of that book can have any rights to something so small and algorithmic in character. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 14:52, 11 April 2011 (UTC) |
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Hi TrapD, it's not clear if you had permission for the use of the Prolog Y combinator code? --Paddy3118 09:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think that that excerpt would qualify for fair use, at least in the U.S.A. (This site is educational, and non-profit, the quoted material is but a small part of the entire work, and the idea that this quote would devalue the book seems absurd). --Rdm 11:32, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- The site is not non-profit. That'd cost too much to set up and maintain. --Michael Mol 14:01, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- That is ironic, but I still think we should be ok on the legal front. When I look at the reference page, the amount of overlap with the prolog y-combinator is vanishingly small, and this site is not going to be doing any harm to the publishers of that book. Unless I am missing something big, it would be difficult to support an assertion that the publishers of that book can have any rights to something so small and algorithmic in character. --Rdm 14:52, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- The site is not non-profit. That'd cost too much to set up and maintain. --Michael Mol 14:01, 11 April 2011 (UTC)