<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.24"> <TITLE>Re: [Mandrakeot] ESR gives up on Fedora</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Simo Sorce wrote: > You should understand that "property" is natural only for physical > objects, just because possession of a physical object can be controlled > by physical means and cannot be easily replicated. > > Abstract objects like ideas, but also anything that can be replicated at > zero cost without destroying the original, can't be subject to real > property. > You mean I can't put a license on my code that says: you may use this, but if you change it and redistribute it you must also redistribute your changes? Because that also means that I control what is done with my code. You make it sound like all ideas should be in the public domain. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. </BODY> </HTML>