Yolanda pippi wrote:
>
> 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.
Well. for instance, I have already taken the liberty to hack
unsupported proprietary SHAREware which is still useful on
the surv pc. I think it is an ongoing process. there are tons
of shareware programs out there that are no longer supported,
but crippled in one way or another.
And if someone wants to hack win 3.1 so it will run better on
old hardware, I am all for it. It is but part of a trend, to
treat ideas not as private personal property, but as part of
the commons of all mankind.
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