Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 00:00

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In <707b6s$nld$1@inkvine.wincoll.ac.uk> Chris Rutter <chris@fluff.org> writes:

>> coniserably. I do not believe that software source has the same
>> "timelessness" as say a novel or a piece of music. Ie, after some short

> In copyright law, music does not have the `timelessness' you
>suggest it does; within the EU, music loses its copyright after
>a period of 70 years after the composer's death.  A particular
>score loses its graphical copyright after some similar period of
>time (unless renewed).

Well, I would call life+70 years "timeless". There seems to me to be
absolutely no reason why software should have that kind of protection. 5
years would be lots! The alternative is that software looses all
copyright protection period . (I belive that there is a case in New York
where it was decided that any part of thesoftware which interacts with the user
does not enjoy any copyright protection.)

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/19
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