> I may not own their IP, but I _can_ own a *binary copy*.
>
> On 9/15/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > You can own a bicycle. You can own a refrigerator. You can own a
>> > computer. However you can only license the code that makes the
computer
>> > do things for you--you don't own someone else's intellectual property.
You can't own any code that was created and patented by someone else.
The only thing you can do is own the license, no matter whether it's a
full release, beta, alpha or binary.
Argue with the feds who come to arrest you for stealing IP--protected by
patent and/or copyright. There's a fine line between borrowing/using
pieces of text or code and stealing any version software, like the
difference between "plagiarism/piracy" and "research."
The only binary copy you are allowed to own without prior permission
from the developer is the software that you write yourself. This
includes freeware, shareware, GPL. I've had copyrighted works stolen by
people who think that borrowing or copying is the same as ownership.
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