Re:Miguel de Icaza responds to latest RMS article
by cschwarm on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @04:34PM
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Wrong. Copyright is about "works", not "ideas".
My copyright of a work doesn't restrict your ability to copy the idea. In fact, this is what many Open Source projects do: they copy the idea or a proprietary software, but not the software (ie. the work) itself.
My copyright of a work doesn't restrict your ability to copy the idea. In fact, this is what many Open Source projects do: they copy the idea or a proprietary software, but not the software (ie. the work) itself.