5 pointsby Brajeshwar7 hours ago2 comments
  • maplethorpe7 hours ago
    I know on its face this looks like stealing, but this would likely fall under fair use, since the original work is being transformed.
    • bediger40007 hours ago
      Not a lawyer, here, of course, but does "transformed" cover making a functional copy? Artistically, "transformed" means something is related, but different. In the case of software, this transformation is to code that actually does the same thing as the original. Is that "transformed"? I apologize if that comes off as pugnacious - I'm trying to learn, not poke holes in your argument, but I couldn't figure out a better way to phrase it and still retain the question.
  • ChrisArchitect7 hours ago
    Previously a month ago on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350424