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dpg@cs.nott.ac.uk (`Grave' Dave Gymer) writes:
> In article <gcJJeB14w164w@mantis.co.uk> en font terrible <mathew@mantis.co.uk
> >No, but you get to watch the computer perform the task, just as you get
> >to watch the plumber perform the task.  You can take notes on how the
> >software behaves, write books explaining it, tell your friends how to
> >perform the same tasks with their software, even create your own competing
> >software product to do the same things.
> >
> >You can't look at the source for the program, no. But then, you can't 
> >examine the books your plumber studied in order to get his knowledge. 
> >You can't demand access to whatever schools or teaching courses he 
> >attended.
> 
> A plumber isn't going to slap a look-and-feel suite on you, though. That's
> another issue, of course.

And as I said, I agree entirely that software patents and look-and-feel
copyright should be abolished.


mathew

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