Re: java.util.logging

[Brian Gilstrap]

Sascha wrote:
>> (I really like some things in Lumberjack which I'd like to adapt,
>> of course giving due credit. But the question basically applies
>> to a lot of code, not only to Lumberjack).

Brian Jones wrote:

> I really don't know, credit must be given always.  If it is more than
> 10 lines (total) of patch content then it probably falls under
> the copyright assignment desired bit, or maybe can be handled like
> gnu.java.math.MPN though I'm not sure when.  If you mean ideas that
> you reimplement then it probably doesn't matter.

Sascha and I are expecting to discuss our designs extensively. Since 
both are open source, and since ideas that aren't patented can't be 
owned (and I don't think any patentable ideas are lurking in either code 
base :-), it seems to me that taking ideas from each other's code is 
clearly okay.

Sascha,

Were you expecting to take code, or were you planning (like I am) to 
learn from both sets of code and make changes to your code that you 
conclude are appropriate?

Brian

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