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Article #1784Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: jedi
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 23:12:54 +0100, David James Spillett <DJSpillett@bigfoot.com> wrote: >In article <906942283snz@vision25.demon.co.uk>, Phil Hunt ><philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> 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. > >They don't - but the principals behind them [for better or worse!] do. Contracts and property do. IP as a special purpose sort of right or property does not. Both are explicitly admitted to be artificial constructs meant to further a particular common goal. -- 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. In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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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: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: jedi@dementia.mishnet () Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/28 Message-ID: <slrn7106ke.5k8.jedi@dementia.mishnet> X-Deja-AN: 395808073 References: <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <kXPvNEA5yqD2EwdB@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <906942283snz@vision25.demon.co.uk> <4Akk9DAmnAE2EwmS@djspillett.demon.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Trace: 907026184 PLBOPJC1P1FA118EAC usenet80.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