🚀 go-pugleaf

Steven King probably had to sit and think for a while before he realized that
it was possible to write a story about a pet cemetery that would be
appreciated by adults.  But I sure don't want the government to allow him to
prevent everybody else from writing a novel about a pet cemetery.

Now, if somebody wrote one about a girl who could start fires, and one about a
homicidal car, and one about a big dog with rabies, and a whole bunch about
various kinds of monsters in Maine, I can understand that King would be ticked
off.  But even in that situation, he should have no right to stop them.

Yes, I have designed new user interface elements.  No, I have never written a
horror novel.  So what?

> After all, the look and feel of an application, the several months
> of work that the UI design team does isn't worthy of protection (e.g.
> they don't need to be paid for it).

That "e.g." is disguising a HUGE leap of reasoning.

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