Talk:Permuted multiples
Can we reuse Project Euler problems?
It appears under their Copyright terms we can do so as long as suitable attribution is given. However, if I am wrong about this, then the draft task should of course be deleted. --PureFox (talk) 09:03, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- Just because a problem/puzzle appears on Project Euler doesn't mean they own it. I've seen some of their problems that have been around on newsgroups (alt.math.recreational, alt.puzzles, etc) of days long gone by. -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 10:12, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sure you're right and some problems may go back as far as Diophantus though Project Euler may be the first organization to apply copyright to them. I can't see any reason not to reuse the occasional problem myself as long as we don't make a habit of it - I don't think the admins would be too happy if Calmosoft decided to run through the whole lot! --PureFox (talk) 10:30, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- There is some historical precedent. First power of 2 that has leading decimal digits of 12 is a Project Euler problem. There may be some others but none come to mind immediately. The point of Project Euler though, is to work out how to do the problems yourself, not to provide finished examples for other people to see. As such, I would prefer to not have too many Project Euler problems duplicated here. Not that I could prevent it if the community goes that way. I have pretty much stopped trying to moderate task submissions except for the most blatant plagiarisms / infringing works. (I do wish Calmosoft would spend more of his effort in solving some of the unimplemented Ring tasks rather than persisting in adding trivial variations of existing tasks or plagiarized content. And, it is somewhat telling that as soon as trivial or plagiarized comes up, his name comes to mind.) --Thundergnat (talk) 12:00, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- If these three sites do not attract disapprobation I don't think our use will: Project Euler solutions Java Mathmatica Python Haskell; Project Euler solutions C#; Project Euler solutions C++. The Haskell wiki has hundreds of examples from Project Euler. These sites do at least look at the mathematics, and produce efficient solutions, which is the intent of Project Euler while the content on this site is often flaky but...--Nigel Galloway (talk) 14:09, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
There are common tasks on Rosetta Code and Project Euler.
For example:
Lychrel numbers on Rosetta Code
Lycher numbers on Project Euler (Problem #55)--CalmoSoft (talk) 12:05, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- Exploring the same concept is not duplication / plagiarism. Using the exact same wording to solve the exact same problem is. --Thundergnat (talk) 12:29, 17 August 2021 (UTC)