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What does this entire thread have to do with XML? -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM The other line always moves faster. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kay [mailto:michael.h.kay@n...] > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 3:50 PM > To: 'Amelia A.Lewis'; AndrewWatt2000@a... > Cc: frank@t...; xml-dev@l... > > > > > Could you go talk to a lawyer, instead, and drop this absurdity? > > > > The first thing a lawyer will tell you is that information > cannot be owned - it is not property. You can own the medium > on which the information is recorded, and you can own rights > to do specified things with the information (or to prevent > others doing so), but you cannot own the information. > > I do not believe that Microsoft owns any rights to do > anything with a Word document that I create on my machine. It > is possible, if I read the small print on my Microsoft > software license, that my rights to do anything I like with > that document are not absolute - but I doubt it; and even if > true, it's not the same thing as saying Microsoft owns any > rights over it. > > Michael Kay > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > >
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