Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <huug67dzbx6c.fsf@huug.demon.nl>, huug
<rot13{znvy4zr@uhht.qrzba.ay}> writes
>Sorry, but you seem not to understand the nature of copyright.  It is
>per definition a temporary monopoly granted by the public on something
>that the public owns: hence, when your copyright expires, your
>creation becomes "public domain" (again).

Society never owned it in the first place. The convention of copyright
defaultin to the public domain once the holder is dead and gone 50 years
deals with the situation once the copyright has expired. 

This still does not constitute a monopoly. Or are you arguing that
because Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings no-one else may
write a similar story?
-- 
Jason Clifford

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/05
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