29 Nov
2004
29 Nov
'04
9:56 a.m.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 06:49:21AM -0500, Joe Hartley wrote:
hi!
sorry I didnt quite follow that. Would you mind elaborating?
(guess i need to catch up on some more Southpark:-))
just to be clear, i'm making an esoteric distinction between the
ownership of a copyright (which can be bought and sold), and the
ownership of the "expression of an idea" itself.
cheers
--
Tim Orford
copyright and
hence the GPL is not concerned with ownership,
it only deals with the right to copy.
ownership of the copyrighted "expression of an idea" is in practice
not important at all. I have heard people claim that its public domain,
though i havnt been able to confirm that.
This is the Darl McBride/SCO argument against the GPL. It makes about
as much sense as the "Wookie defense" on South Park - "If Chewbacca
lives on Endor, you must acquit!"