1. Stop posting HTML. 2. You != Debian. Debian standards of freedom are defined by the Debian Free *Software* Guidelines and that is basically set in stone.
On 5/21/06, Max Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, you don't know related rights. http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/about_collective_mngt.html#P31_2900 Related rights are the rights that belong to the performers, the producers of phonograms and broadcasting organizations in relation to their performances, phonograms and broadcasts respectively. Related rights don't concern software! There isn't a lawyer in this comunity: this is a problem, imho. Max p.s. Software is not music. Software is not visual art. Software is a code, a literary work (and Berna Convention consider software as a literary work). So software patents are unlogicall. Yes it does. Software producers and executives have those rights as well. Art is not that different from software really - wine is different from water, it has a different chemical structure and wine reduced to water is no longer wine. Art can take many forms including software. ________________________________ How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.
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