On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:38 AM, bob gailer <bgai...@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 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list