Andrei's Google Talk

[Walter Bright]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> The fact that the code is available does not make it likely that you 
> copied it!  You can't just publish code and then claim any similar code 
> *must* be yours because it's impossible for someone not to look at your 
> code.  People aren't convicted on "possibilities" they are convicted on 
> proof.

Copyright infringement is a civil, not criminal, case, and so a decision is 
based on a "preponderance" of evidence rather than proof "beyond a reasonable 
doubt".