On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 12:13:04AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Xavier Roche dijo [Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:55:57AM +0100]: > > > > Fonts or documentations are not softwares, for god's sake! > > > everything that is not hardware is software > > > > So a cat is a software, or a hardware ? Do I have to provide the sources > > (the DNA full sequence) if I want to give a kitten to someone, following > > the "free" spirit ? :p > > A cat is not licensed under a viral license ;-) And, more important, > is not covered by copyright law (at least, I have not heard of a > breeder copyrighting the colors and/or design in the back of his > carefully-bred kittens) > Hi Gunnar, Monsanto has copyrighted GM rice. And as of late, a company has been selling a allergy-free cat which I'm sure they have either a patent and/or a copyright. IP seem to be including more and more of the world we live in and is consuming the past and possibly the future. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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