Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Decklin Foster
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00

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Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes:

> An idea has no absolute meaning until it is expressed. The form of
> expression we are refering to is the production of a product (or
> service).

Of course. The question is, who is able to express the idea?
Restricting it to one largely arbitrary person hurts progress. Those
good at making products are rarely those good at coming up with ideas,
which is why having different Linux distributions works so well.

> If someone has a great idea for a software product and proceeds to
> realise that idea, his rights to that are absolutely enforcable.

This is exactly what the GPL does. It is more ethical and makes more
sense to enforce rights by, well, enforcing those rights, instead of
restricting other rights.

-- 
please read: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/
"cry me a bayou/and i'm leaving..." -tricky

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From: Decklin Foster <decklin@base.org>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/28
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