D should disallow forward references

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:07:39PM +0200, Michiel Helvensteijn wrote:
> I'm sorry. It seems I *should* have followed the conversation first. :-)

Yeah, the operative word is "your"; if I don't own your copyright, I have
to play by your rules, which can be a little bizarre at times. (The GPL
is a good example here, since it lets anyone distribute the code without
allowing relicensing, just like the proprietary license seems to do.)

As a final note, remember too that just because I (or anyone) writes
code, it doesn't mean I have the copyright on it. It will often go to my
company or my client, or perhaps to my publisher.

That's surely exactly the situation Walter is in. As someone who has had a
run in with legal threats before, I can understand his reluctance to take even
what might seem like a non-risk to an outsider.

When lawyers can be involved, the only winning move is not to play :)

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Adam D. Ruppe
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