On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 12:14:00AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Mark Rafn <dagon@dagon.net> > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Henning Makholm wrote: > > > And I don't think that the author of a piece of software has any > > > "literary or artistic reputation or character" connected with it. > > You don't? I think that artistic reputation is among the common reasons > > for releasing free software. It seems unlikely that Linus Torvalds's > > reputation is completely unrelated to software he's written. > It is not an artistic reputation. I have a hard time accepting the argument that Droit d'auteur is not a threat to Free Software on the grounds that it unduly discriminates against forms of artistic expression that are also software. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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