Den 08.06.2016 12.58, skrev Jack L. Frost:
> On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 02:22:29PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote:
>> Since Chung's new version is written in Python, wouldn't it be considered a
>> different piece of software? I don't think a re-write in another language of
>> something licensed under the MIT license can even be considered a
>> derivative, much less a copy.
>
> Yeah, I was going to say that too: a rewrite in another language is a
> completely new piece of software and I've see things like that being licensed
> under a different license dozens of times. Hell, full rewrites in the same
> language are often licensed differently with no problems. A full rewrite is
> just that — a different implementation, especially if it's in a different
> language as well.

Consider f2c, p2c, early C++-compilers which translated to C,
Intercal-to-C,... All these rewrite a program in another language, but
it is relally the same implementation.
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Hilsen Harald