Re: Copyright [Was: Download QuickBasic]

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From: Kurt Weber
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:00

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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Kurt Weber <kurt@rowsw.com> wrote in message
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> > Ian Staples <ianst@refer.to.sig.au.invalid> wrote
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> >> Seen in a continuing thread on the morality
> >> and legality of stealing from Microsoft:
>
> >> Kurt Weber <kurt@rowsw.com> wrote
> >>> Saltini Roberto <superobby@tiscalinet.it> wrote
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> >>>> Where can I downlaod QuickBasic?
>
> >>> You can't (legally).  While the concepts of "intellectual
> >>> property" and copyrights are morally wrong, you are
> >>> still obligated by law to respect them.
>
> >> Why are they "morally wrong"?
>
> >> Why can you have "ownership" of something you've made
> >> with your hands but not something you've made with your head?
>
> > Because this is information,
>
> It aint. Its a creation of a mind, instead of hands.
>
> > and people should not have to pay to gain access to information.
>
> It aint 'information', that is not protected by copyright.

A computer program (more specifically, the source code to the program) is
information.

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Regards,
Kurt Weber
kurt@rowsw.com
ROW Software and Web Design
http://www.rowsw.com

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From: "Kurt Weber" <kurt@rowsw.com>
Subject: Re: Copyright [Was: Download QuickBasic]
Date: 2000/07/23
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