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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 02:49:27 GMT
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote:
> > But, there are other things that might be better examples. Open source
> > software, for one. Still protected by copyright, of course, but freely
> > distributable. And people are certainly making money from it.
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> I'm not as familiar with those--what does the copyright stipulate? And in
> any case, even if an on-line novel is protected by copyright, I have no doubt
> that it would still be copied and distributed.
It varies. Probably the most interesting open source/free software license
is the GPL (GNU General Public License), which states (in as watertight
manner as a bunch of lawyers could make it) that the software is free to use
and modify as long as any future modifications are kept free for anyone to
use and modify.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Another reason no one's done it is that there's no point--Lugnet's value isn't as static repository of ideas but as a living forum for exchange of those ideas. A novel is different, since it's written once and then it's done--downloading the (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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