Need Help with Programming Science Project

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:38 AM, bob gailer <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/24/2014 5:05 AM, theguy wrote:
>>
>> I have a science project that involves designing a program which can
>> examine a bit of text with the author's name given, then figure out who the
>> author is if another piece of example text without the name is given. I so
>> far have three different authors in the program and have already put in the
>> example text but for some reason, the program always leans toward one
>> specific author, Suzanne Collins, no matter what insane number I try to put
>> in or how much I tinker with the coding. I would post the code, but I don't
>> know if it's fine to put it here, as it contains pieces from books. I do
>> believe that would go against copyright laws.
>
> AFAIK copyright laws apply to reproducing something for profit. I doubt that
> posting it here will matter.

Incorrect; posting not-for-profit can still be a violation of
copyright. But as Peter said, the text itself isn't critical. Post
with placeholder text, as he suggested, and we can look at the code.

ChrisA