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Re^2: How to write vbscript equivalent to perl

by tcf03 (Deacon)
on Dec 28, 2005 at 15:12 UTC ( [id://519562]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: How to write vbscript equivalent to perl
in thread How to write vbscript equivalent to perl

This may be more of a meditation than a response, but would it be a violation of the license agreement, or unethical (if your employer actually owned the license) if someone were to post code that was converted by a licensed product such as ActiveStates vbscript converter?

Ted
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"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
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Re^3: How to write vbscript equivalent to perl
by pKai (Priest) on Dec 28, 2005 at 23:31 UTC

    As I understand ActiveState's License Agreement, the results of your usage of their tools (PerlDevKit) belong to you.

    as for the "unethical" part, I concider this borderline, where the main concern is in the (paid) work time spent on Perlmonks, opposed to doing real work... ;-)

      as for the "unethical" part, I concider this borderline, where the main concern is in the (paid) work time spent on Perlmonks, opposed to doing real work... ;-)

      I defer to the meditation on technical debt => Technical debt?
      I have solved lots of work problems by reading through Perlmonks - I do agree that this is mirky water im stepping in, but I believe there is a balance between work and grokking through techincal websites.

      Ted
      --
      "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
        --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re^3: How to write vbscript equivalent to perl
by astroboy (Chaplain) on Dec 28, 2005 at 16:25 UTC
    Huh?!?! I've bought ActiveState's Dev Kit. You suggesting I can't use it to answer a question on Perl Monks? And if I did, it would be unethical of me to use software that I've purchased with my own, hard-earnt money? Boy, I know that some people have a lax attitude to respecting intellectual property these days, but I think this is going a bit too far the other way!
      You suggesting...

      im not suggesting anything - im just asking a question.
      Ted
      --
      "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
        --Ralph Waldo Emerson
        true
Re^3: How to write vbscript equivalent to perl
by simon.proctor (Vicar) on Dec 29, 2005 at 12:27 UTC
    When I use any wizard in the visual studio - does that mean that the output code from that wizard belongs to M$?

    If I use a commercial templating solution - does the processed output of that template belong to the company that provided the template library?

    If I use an sql client to create a database and then use that same interface to dump my sql - does that interface own the sql or the sql dump?

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