Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 06:43:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: mellon@pobox.com, tms2@mail.ptd.net, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005160643060.19841-100000@moo.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <20000514115701.AE00637B608@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 14 May 2000, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: :> :> I know. But why can't a game be copyrighted? Isn't it a result of :> hard work? Shouldn't the players (or so "that" logic goes) be compensated :> for their hard work? : copyright is the result of laws passed by congress. logic, :fairness and consistency enter into the process while trying to get :enough votes to pass the bill into law, not while the bill is being :drafted, or being reviewed by committee. Copyright is not congressional law. Copyright is written into the main body of the Constitution. Jamie Bowden -- "Of course, that's sort of like asking how other than Marketing, Microsoft is different from any other software company..." Kenneth G. Cavness To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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