Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <m3ww6glop7.fsf@obelix.wegge.dk>, Anders Wegge Jakobsen
<wegge@wegge.dk> writes
> When was the last time you bought a book, and had to agree that you
>wouldn't scribble notes in it's margin? 
>
> The only implication of copyright, is that I cannot buy a copyrighted
>work, and then claim I created it myself. Any other restriction is
>standing on very soft grond, legally speaking.

What about the main restricion tha you may not reproduce the work or
publicly broadcast it without the consent of the author? That is the
essence of a software license.

The margins of a book are not a part of the copyright work. You are
free, if you choose to do so, to write to the media that software is
supplied upon which is exactly the same as making notes on the margins
of a book.
-- 
Jason Clifford

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/04
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