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>>belter+(OP)
Isn’t “rewrite the example code in your own style” accepted best practice for human coders, when working from an example that does what you need?

I’m not sure what would be acceptable output for a code generation tool if rewriting the examples isn’t ok and reimplementing something that performs the same function still isn’t ok. Are we automatically granting de-facto code patents on all published code now?

>>taneq+he
"Isn’t “rewrite the example code in your own style” accepted best practice [...]?"

Why would it be? If a function performs the data transform I need you better believe i'm copy pasting that sucker with a hyperlink to where I found it

But then again, I'm not trying to win in court.

>>jazzyj+6g
what would happen without that hyperlink? the overall issue seems to be a lack of attribution to the originator.

>>rolph+Di
That depends a lot on the license - some require attribution, some don't, some care not a bit (in that they don't permit copying).