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Re: Open Source Code

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Originally Posted by Jared341 View Post
It is specifically against the rules to re-use code from year to year (just as it is against the rules to re-use a design of a manipulator, etc.) unless the code has been released in a public forum (and therefore becomes a COTS "part").
What defines an amount that isn't able to be reused? I mean, there's some things that have to be the same every year, so what's the point where they draw a line? How about algorithms you use? Is it against the rules to reuse one if the implementation is going to be [almost] exactly the same?
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