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[Alain Schremmer]

> On 30 Mar 2006, at 2:34, Martin Sneep wrote:
>
>> Without the existence of copyrights, there would be no need for GPL.
>
> I'm not too sure about that. If a company uses GPL code, without  
> releasing changes they've made, they are in violation of the GPL, and  
> the original author can force them to release the changes. 

I completely agree but /that/ is not really a matter of copyright but, 
rather, a desirable obligation of disclosure, such as, in the U.S. when 
a food manufacturer has to provide a list of ingredients or when a 
mathematician announces a new theorem.

The problem with copyrights really has everything to do with "property", 
in this case the legal redefinition of "intellectual property" being 
forced worldwide, which is precisely why it has become BIG money even if 
certainly not for the authors/creators.

Regards
--schremmer


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