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Re^3: Open source code and copyright

by Tux (Canon)
on Nov 15, 2019 at 14:43 UTC ( [id://11108740]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Open source code and copyright
in thread Open source code and copyright

I have no specific license for this (sadly). I also think that it would be hard to make legal.

Tutorials and how-to sections are documentation, and IMHO would fall under such a restriction.

Artistic license probably allows any reformatting. Anywhere.

I have never seen a license that enforces style and/or formatting. I also think that using such a licence would make many companies forbid the use of such code.

My wish is not to enforce my style on real-life code. My docs just should how *I* think it should be done most efficiently and most maintainable, but code and code style consistency in any project is way more important than the code (style) of a single sub/method/class.

However I would love to see the rest of the world to use my style, I know it is not going to happen. People think different.

My post was aimed at blogs, documentation, learning/teaching content that just copies from the documentation but then alters the style. However I understand that learning materials should also be consistent, I find this unacceptable.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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Re^4: Open source code and copyright
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 15, 2019 at 14:55 UTC
    > Tutorials and how-to sections are documentation, and IMHO would fall under such a restriction.

    Sorry I don't understand.

    I've sold a lot of code already that contained (altered) snippets copied from POD. And I'm certainly not alone.

    How can this have restricted rights?

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

      Currently it cannot. That is my point.


      Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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