KMS> Greg Aharonian has been floating this around a few lists recently. It's KMS> an interesting compendium of some relevant case law and other citations. KMS> Greg wants to make the case that computer software should not be KMS> copyrighted, and that it should instead be patented. I have subscribed to the list hoping to talk with the people who care most about free software but at the moment i am disappointed. This is my last post here for a long time since now To my mind software cannot be neither copyrighted nor patented Here is why: When people have limited resources they somehow have to decide how to share them. The notion of property comes to the scene. When resources are unlimited one does not need to solve the problem how to share the resources. Property is secondary to the freedom to use. If someone tries to take control over unlimited resource it looks like he wants to become a master where it is absolutely unnecessary. Since unmaterial things are unlimited they cannot be a property. So intellectual property is a nonsence, copyrights are nonsence, patents are nonsence. If you still dont understand my point then be prepared to live in a world where someone will try to own the processes going on in your body (chemical reactions, your genome etc)
The whole question is about who controls what. I avoid control everywhere it is not necessary (where it actually does not harm anyone) I have asked you several times how can i avoid controlling my software but it seems the only solution is to remove unjust laws - the laws that postulate and regulate the control of unlimited resources... Best regards, DeBug mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The Use & Compete Right: Everyone is free (libre) to use(buy and consume) and compete(produce and sell) if that does not restrict anybody else the same right to use and compete -- What I wrote above is hereby dedicated to the public domain and may be freely used, in whole or in part, with or without attribution. -- -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
