Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:19:33 02/17/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 13:32:51, Russell Reagan wrote: >On February 16, 2005 at 12:11:43, John Merlino wrote: > >>On February 16, 2005 at 05:19:03, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On February 15, 2005 at 19:05:35, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>But let's say that an author took TSCP, modified it to some degree and gave Tom >>>>credit. Even though you do not call that a clone... >>> >>>That is absolutely a clone, but it's not a bad thing to be a clone in this case. >>>I don't think defining the word "clone" is the real issue, as it does not have >>>to imply negativity. >> >>Not saying that you're wrong about that, but you're the first person I've ever >>heard say that the word "clone" isn't necessarily bad. >> >>jm > > >I doubt I'm the first person you've heard express this idea. There are at least >349 Linux clones. At least 348 of these are clones. You can call them >'distributions' or 'clones', but either word implies that they borrowed source >code in this case. However, a clone doesn't even have to imply borrowed source >code. There are probably 10,000 Tetris clones, and probably zero of them >borrowed source code from the original. In Linux there are clones for virtually >any Windows program (ex. Open Office/MS Office, Gaim/AOL Instant Messenger, >GIMP/Adobe Photoshop, KDevelop/MS Visual Studio, and so on). Clarification: I meant "clone" in the sense of applying the word to a chess engine. jm
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