Ethics 101: To re-use or not to re-use?

[Alexander McGee]

I don't see how it should be seen as acceptable for anyone to "bend" the rules, even if you do "get away with it".

Following the rules goes hand in hand with GP, so the answer seems pretty simple to me.

New year = all new code.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Alexander McGee

I don't see how it should be seen as acceptable for anyone to "bend" the rules, even if you do "get away with it".

Following the rules goes hand in hand with GP, so the answer seems pretty simple to me.

New year = all new code.

"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

The rules aren't always right. Respect the intent, not the letter. Etc. etc.

[Donut]

I see this as saying you can't copy paste entire control systems from a previous year, not a section (since copying a section and then adding new stuff to it would be classified as "altering" it in my opinion).

If you were to say using any previous year's code was against the rules, that would mean you really couldn't even use past years as reference, since you would invariably end up having at least 1 line in common with it. I think they just want you to figure out how the program works from the past and add your own style to it, rather than importing whole files for drivetrain, arm control, etc.

[Gdeaver]

I thought cut and paste programing was a standard practice. Just let the lawyers haggle over the Intellectual Property stuff.