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- From: burke@vxdesy.desy.de
- Subject: Re: Why isn't everything PD ?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.141647.1@vxdesy.desy.de>
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- References: <1992Aug16.112542.22758@cs.utwente.nl> <1992Aug17.094849.10128@waikato.ac.nz> <2BkG0pj010n@st-andrews.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:16:47 GMT
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- In article <2BkG0pj010n@st-andrews.ac.uk>, gta@st-andrews.ac.uk (Graham Allan) writes:
- > mcg@waikato.ac.nz writes:
- >
- >> Besides, the elementary routines you used in your progs (i.e. LZW compression
- >> in !Packdir) are obviously *NOT* created by you, more like the elementary
-
- > This is a possible argument. The trouble is, there's no end to it. I mean,
-
- There is an end - as far as I know, algorithms can be PATENTED (much more
- powerful than copyright). I assume that LZW isn't, otherwise you would have to
- pay someone a (big) fee to use it.
-
- I find the original post a bit strange - why shouldn't someone be paid for
- the time they spend writing software? Should Computer Concepts give us
- Impression for free? The only thing is, if you sell your software you have a
- legal and moral responsibility to support it (i.e. the purchasers can complain
- if it doesn't work). As I see it, the main advantage of FreeWare is that you
- can just release it and forget about it.
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