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seven programming languages on one floppy (Developers)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 28.03.2023, 04:04

> > What I'm wondering is whether there is an "implied
> > right" in any copyrighted OS that their OS shouldn't
> > be used to develop a competitor, thus invalidating
> > my work.
>
> No, this has never been a thing.
Many things have never been a thing.

It was never a thing that the Australian constitution
was "deemed" to have an "implied" right to freedom of
speech until some judges didn't like some legislation
and just made crap up.

One thing our constitution DOES say is that the
Governor General controls the navy.

And THAT is complete crap. The PM controls all the
armed forces.

Note - I'm Australian but currently in the Philippines.

> You can wholly develop whatever programs
> you want (including an operating system) using another operating system as
> a development platform. What you create is yours.
Sure, that's the way it SHOULD be.

> What you can't do is re-use any components from that operating system to
> create yours. For example, let's say someone wanted to create a new version
> of Windows95. You can't use the icons and other graphics from Windows95 to
> create "WinChicago" or whatever. The icons are copyrighted, so you can't
> use them elsewhere without permission (and Microsoft is unlikely to grant
> permission to do that with any of their icons).
Sure, I wouldn't touch anything like that.

BFN. Paul.

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