From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 8 14:19:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B161065672; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:19:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f227.google.com (mail-bw0-f227.google.com [209.85.218.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85BD98FC17; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz27 with SMTP id 27so4713165bwz.43 for ; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:19:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=cfAoRTMcmJMm56WcKIQQDmhN0xcEG/lBHlbwBwxrMU8=; b=TubdJqWDJ+lIeKXSLdOP5DJpx1427uzDwUlHjO92Pn7SRC2z9l4PI+XP1yMzYP1wOg vENu35UMPXGPHBFUvE3cO/+RdoBwvAS7xoO2mDONw0mfrPER+X0YEyqj2BSKaej7NjvY Ww37lZ67cVm6uXZkxRCGRH7KRmuhHLKta3E4U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OCFcOzVSONz0A+T3yOVYznKGC+ielbJMIvsOMDn1DFcE2wclmYqiKes01z153sGRnn TLG4fPKwuogbikLxXgmNUgWx4r2pp3LojiGut70O9FLrwyrmjeWuUDhk6Ql0ZhF9mGX8 Yqd1h4m3owsQKxH6QYGhVBvO9P/V6KN9u4x7Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.190.227 with SMTP id y35mr89261hbh.61.1255011540345; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:19:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091007184310.GC19063@guilt.hydra> References: <20090930100658.GA99090@obspm.fr> <20090930161915.GA18014@lonesome.com> <20091001111417.GF50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001112323.GA26407@droso.net> <20091001114546.GH50565@hades.panopticon> <20091001213656.GA14925@lonesome.com> <20091002133231.GA17567@hades.panopticon> <747dc8f30910061024h5346b25evd27369955f9d6768@mail.gmail.com> <20091007184310.GC19063@guilt.hydra> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:19:00 -0300 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:19:02 -0000 On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:25:35PM -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: >> >> You can fork the code, rename it, whatever, but you can NOT change >> the license without explicit permission from the original copyright >> owner. That would be legally considered theft! > > Incorrect. =A0It would be legally considered copyright infringement. > Copyright law is not property law, and both different laws *and* > different terms apply. =A0"Theft" is not a term legally applied to > copyright infringement -- at least, in any jurisdiction of which I'm even > vaguely aware of the state of copyright law. > > "That would be legally considered copyright infringement!" I was referring to stealing intellectual property, which can be a synonym of copyright violation, depending on the country law. In my country, for instance, computer programs are considered intellectual property but they are also subjected to author rights, just like books and paintings [1,2] . > There. =A0I fixed it for you. Thanks for the clarification, anyway. References (in Portuguese) [1] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9609.htm [2] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9610.htm --=20 My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is "You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs". Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken.