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That would still be infringement.

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Absolutely not. How would it be infringement to write your own code from scratch?

If you read someone else's code and copy it down, then you are infringing on it. There's a reason why https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design exists.

Where did I say that you copy it? I used the words "you rewrite it from scratch", not "you copy it".

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Absolutely not. How would it be infringement to write your own code from scratch?

If you read someone else's code and copy it down, then you are infringing on it. There's a reason why https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design exists.

Where did I say that you copy it? I used the words "you rewrite it from scratch", not "you copy it".

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