Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Patrick
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00

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On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Jason Clifford wrote:

> >Intellectual Property is theft from the collective mind, thus downright
> >evil. 
> 
> Oh dear. We appear to have a 'New Age Hippy' among us. Justify your
> claim of the existance of this collective mind. Tell me the number I am
> thinking of as I write this

I go with that too.  My mind and my ideas are MINE.  They are NOT the 
property of some New Age "collective mind".  It is my mind and my mind 
alone.  If I come up with an idea for a product, make it and sell it, how 
is that different than me coming up with a a software idea, making it and 
selling it.  In the end, the final product is a manifestation of MY 
idea.  ALL products, be they cars, radios, clothing, or software ALL 
start as IDEAS.  The form of the end product (physical object like a car) 
is irrelevant (vs a non-physical "object" like a software application/tool).

If I come up with an idea for a great tool that can aid in auto repair or 
general maintenance and construction, then I have a right to sell that 
tool for profit - even though it started out as an IDEA in MY mind.

If I come up with an idea for a great SOFTWARE tool...same diff.

patrick

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From: Patrick <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/27
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