Sean DALY wrote:
So if I understand you, let's abolish copyright, and that way Microsoft, Adobe et.al. can just chuck their bloated old code and incorporate formerly free software into their binaries? And charge an arm and a leg for it as well.
Read Hat, SUSE etc all manage without a state sponsored monopoly, Microsoft can do so too.
No thanks. I prefer the GPL, which derives its power from copyright law - the concept that creators decide how their work may be used. I support "intellectual property" law reform, but this is really throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
The GPL only needs copyright to defend against copyright, v3 does go further, the concept is so powerful, it is widely abused (not in the GPL v2).
P.S. I'm a parent, and I am glad copyright law provides me with some recourse should my teenager be dumb enough to upload a bad photo to a public internet site. I'm afraid though that next, you're going to tell me that children should be free of parental control and report their parents to the NKVD if they aren't permitted to use RapidShare or MEGAUPLOAD
You think copyright is going to help, as we all laugh at your image. Who said anything about parental control. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
