On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 01:59 +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: > >>>>> "AK" == Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > AK> Physical ownership is as much a fiction as information ownership. > AK> There's no physical law that says that just because you gave a > AK> shopkeeper some green pieces of paper, I can't take your new iPod > AK> when you aren't looking [1]. It's just a convention that allows > AK> society to work. > > One important difference is that if I steal your bicycle, you will > notice. If I give a copy of your program to a friend, you will not > notice. What if you got 10.000 bicycle and you did not notice of a theft accident since you counted it wrong or don't have a good stock management? Does it void your bicycle ownership and excuse the thief? Not that I'm trying to support IP, just trying to express that your analogy sounds wrong. > > > /Benny > > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
