Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 21:21:01 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Abuses of the BSD license? Message-ID: <20020406212101.A13194@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020406124622.019bfdc8@threespace.com>; from tech_info@threespace.com on Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 12:50:41PM -0600 References: <200204051922.06556@silver.dt1.binity.net> <3CAE7037.801FB15F@optusnet.com.au> <3CAEA028.186ED53E@optusnet.com.au> <3CAED90B.F4B7905@mindspring.com> <3CAEFFAA.91525BB3@optusnet.com.au> <4.3.2.7.2.20020406124622.019bfdc8@threespace.com>
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Chip Morton said on Apr 6, 2002 at 12:50:41: > In other words, if you create some great unlicensed code and leave a > printout lying on the table at McDonald's, what law am I breaking by > scooping up the printout and making billions with your creation? I thought > this was exactly why most people guard as-yet-uncopyrighted works so > fiercely. Copyright protection is automatic; the original author doesn't have to do anything special except prove his authorship. So you have no rights to that code unless he gives you some, via a licence. You can still use his *ideas* and make billions, ideas can't be copyrighted; they can be patented but that is not automatic. Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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