Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:17:56 +0100 (CET) From: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106-AT-ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Subject: Digitalisation of things. What is it, that we have, when we have a piece of software, is it the idea, the right to use it, that is transfered, shrink, wrap, is it the thing, into which the computer has turned, the typewriter, the drawing table ? Habere licere was what the buyer got in roman law, no matter if it was stolen or not. Copies of software are as good as the original. The same thing. More than to have such a thing, the buyer doesnt want and the seller isnt expected to give. The owner of code shouldnt be treated better than the owner of things. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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