Talk:Monolith (computer program)
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Is this much different from One Time Pad ? Possible original research? Kim Bruning 12:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- Technically, this is a one-time pad. The interesting question, however, still seems to be the copyright claims. I don't think the claim is correct. There is not an underlying formal logic of copyright law according to which (A xor B) is or is not a copy or derivative work of A and/or B. The underlying logic of copyright law is that of common law, which has to do with real-world outcomes (this is not to say that current copyright law is not bloated/unbalanced). I am not a lawyer, but here's how I think this sort of thing would play out in court:
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- Distributing A xor B, without identifying either A or B, is not a copyright violation.
- Distributing A xor B, along with a statement to the effect that it is A xor B, plus B or a reliable method for obtaining B, is a copyright violation, because it is simply a very convoluted way of distributing A (and B).
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- -- Ben Newman —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.154.221.222 (talk) 07:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
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