Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oh dear dak, > > [... "copyright's strongholds are abolished" ...] > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-versus-community.html > > ----- > AM4: The problem with this change in the copyright laws for three would > be that you wouldn't get the sources. > > RMS: Right. There would have also to be a condition, a law that to sell > copies of the software to the public the source code must be deposited > somewhere so that three years later it can be released. So it could be > deposited say, with the library of congress in the US, and I think other > countries have similar institutions where copies of published books get > placed, and they could also received the source code and after three > years, publish it. And of course, if the source code didn't correspond > to the executable that would be fraud, and in fact if it really > corresponds then they ought to be able to check that very easily when > the work is published initially so you're publishing the source code and > somebody there says alright “dot slash configure dot slash make” and > sees if produces the same executables and uh. > > So you're right, just eliminating copyright would not make software > free. > > AM5: Um libre > > RMS: Right. > ----- > > LOL.
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