Well, if you want to get technical...

Well, if you want to get technical...

Posted Sep 14, 2003 18:18 UTC (Sun) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: Well, if you want to get technical... by flewellyn
Parent article: Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News)

Exactly. The confusion is between "respecting" the law as abiding it and "respecting" the law as believing that it's just. I, for one, believe that keeping copyright for 70 years is outrageous, and so is patenting of obvious "one-click" software solutions. I believe that the concept of "intellectual property" should not exist because it's not property and it should not be granted to anybody for life. I believe that fair use of copyrighted works should be a right, not a privilege.

But in the same time I don't violate copyright laws and I don't misappropriate others' code in my projects.

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