Need Help with Programming Science Project

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/24/2014 7:34 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 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.

In the US, short quotations are allowed for 'fair use'.

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Terry Jan Reedy