At 07:09 AM 7/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
>The innovations of the Greeks was done entirely without IP rights.
>The stagnation of the Chinese was the direct result of the Emperors
>trying to control and retain the secrets of their technology in
>porcelin, silk, gun powder, et al.
What on earth did this admittedly well written and interesting post have to
do with keeping old machines functioning?
I remember discussions of thing relating to software and copywrite as being
discouraged on this list, if only to prevent accidentally becomeing a
support of piracy which could de-legitimize the list. Furthermore, it
would seem that long treatises on such heady subjects as copywrite rights
are awfully heavy on the bandwidth for folks with low-end machines and
modems or in countries which charge exorbitant fees for online time.
But then again I could be completely mistaken.
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