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* M. David Peterson <m.david.x2x2x@g...> [2005-06-06 09:48]: > :D > > Here's why I feel good about making a statement like this. > > What I find interesting is that you can't just state that its because > we're writing code and not working with physical objects and its > because of this that our world is different. The literature world, > while not dealing with patents per se', are definitely dealing with > copyrights and plagiarism. Ask an author if it bothers him/her when > people take abstracts from one of their pieces without giving proper > reference or asking permission and you most certainly will have an > understanding that people, in general, feel ownership in their ideas > no matter how general they might seem to you and me. > > Since Paul Graham wrote and released "Hackers and Painters" its quite > often now that you hear this comparison being made. But ask a painter > if he/she minds if you take an exact copy of his/her painting with the > promise that you will return any and all changes you make to it back > to the artist community and you'll more than likely get a look of > bewilderment and wonder as to whether you've had the mercury added > back into your mixtures of paints. And yet its not supposed to sound > or seem strange to the Hackers side of the above title. > > We (hackers) definitely see the world different than the rest of the > world see's the world. You continue to confuse copyright and patent. Software, too, is protected by copyright. I am not fond of patents, but I've established all the safegaurds necessary to enforce my copyrights. -- Alan Gutierrez - alan@e... - http://engrm.com/blogometer/index.html - http://engrm.com/blogometer/rss.2.0.xml
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