Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Fung wrote: > > [... the GPL ...] > > The GPL talks about legal regime in the GNU Republic in a nearby > alternative universe where First Sale is nonexistent, IP is not > property (it belongs to the state),
"Intellectual property" indeed is not property and belongs to the state _under_ _current_ _laws_. The originators have _limited_ rights for exploiting them, limited in extent and time. Copyright and patents _expire_, not by an act of the state confiscating the said "intellectual property", but by the state relinquishing his special protection for time-limited exclusive exploitation, granted in exchange for the act of publishing, passing the work into the public. > and where distributing software under any "license" other than the > GPL (which is akin to a lottery or any other permits from the state > and is of course not a contract or a property right in the GNU > Republic) or "GPL compatible" license (but that's for extra > regulation fee) is a felony under GNU law. You are babbling. Of course you were babbling above as well, but I chose to use that as an excuse for showing something people tend not to realize. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
