Strawman licensing policy

[Alan Cox]

On Maw, 2004-09-21 at 19:32, Jim Gettys wrote:
> Don't cut and paste, but if there is some reason like this that the code
> will end up similar in any case, it can't be considered copyright
> infringement even if the code looks similar (as a result of the external
> constraints).

Don't even cut and paste one character if you are in the USA

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=allrapsamplesmust1094739438&area=news

Just in case anyone decides it is "sampling".