On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:25 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I can't speak for Europe, but in the US Constitution it's fairly clearly stated: > > "The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science > and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and > Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and > Discoveries" > > In the case of software the implementation of the law may be > problematic, but still, as an author and inventor I'd want those > rights. You get those right even without patents its called "copyright" ... for instance you cannot patent a book either but you still get copyright protection for it. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
