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In article <1992Aug5.225027.25695@ifi.unizh.ch>  
lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Lytras Apostolos) writes:
> I have absolutely no doubt that copyright violation is a crime and that
> it is theft of intellectual (or whatever) property. But that is where
> the similarities between these written products stop. I just wanted to  
say
> that I think we should be very careful applying old rules to new
> products (in Switzerland, for example, the law treats software as
> "buildings"... strange point of view... just because they couldn't
> figure out how to see a value in abstract digital data... ;-))) the
> matter is very serious though, because in some cases if the software did
> not do *exactly* what the clients wanted (which is obviously rather
> difficult to guarantee) they wouldn't have to pay for it, equally if it
> was not done in time...try to do such a thing to the author of a book).

That is a good argument why software should be treated like a book, and  
not like a building.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
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