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Article #1450Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: jedi
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:58:25 +0100, Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>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
Review ultimate copyright law & please tell us where
these natural rights you've manufactured are springing
forth from.
>defaultin to the public domain once the holder is dead and gone 50 years
>deals with the situation once the copyright has expired.
[deletia]
--
Hardly. Microsoft has brought the microcomputer OS to
the point where it is more bloated than even OSes from |||
what was previously larger classes of machines altogether. / | \
This is perhaps Bill's single greatest accomplishment.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: jedi@dementia.mishnet () Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/10/05 Message-ID: <slrn71hq7k.5jq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> X-Deja-AN: 397949183 References: <6snt2s$rnk$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <slrn70c61l.8uq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70dq8b.b87.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <rzGN1.4173$F7.15421868@news.itd.umich.edu> <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <6ufkfu$o96$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <87sohgzh44.fsf@ivm.de> <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com> <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de> <kbCveHAOyWD2EwdN@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <huug4stqc18p.fsf@huug.demon.nl> <2NrLLVA0kgE2EwHx@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uupr4$m70$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <cWFxtqALBLF2Ewa6@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <huug67dzbx6c.fsf@huug.demon.nl> <w0Ea1aABhJG2Ewlw@dlsl.demon.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Trace: 907603424 PLBOPJC1P1FA118EAC usenet57.supernews.com Organization: http://www.supernews.com, The World's Usenet: Discussions Start Here Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss