Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <kXPvNEA5yqD2EwdB@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
           jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk "Jason Clifford" writes:
> While no-one can claim exlusive rights to an idea anyone can certainly
> claim rights baed upone the implementation of that idea, especially if
> they are the first to do so.
> 
> Several thousand years of trade are based upon that very principle.

Eh? Are you saying IP laws go back several thousand years? I beg
to differ.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/28
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