Re: Is it allowed to study the code?

Gervase Markham <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.license
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Jinsong Liu wrote:
> I am implementing a commercial .NET based application. And I found some 
> module I need have already being implemented for Mozilla. Can I study 
> the Mozilla code then reimplement it in my application (not going to 
> copy any code, but will probably reimplement similar logic or same logic)?

Yes. Ideas are covered by patent law, not copyright law, so there are no 
licensing implications.

Gerv
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