On Sat, 2001-10-20 at 14:40, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 02:18:11PM +0200, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
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If there were no copyright, nobody would have any bussiness in hiding source code, therefore nobody would hide it.
Can you explain why the absence of copyright law would make a proprietary software business release their source code?
Moreover, we need copyright to enforce copyleft. Without copyright, we can't ensure our software is not proprietarized.
That's just a trick. Without copyright laws, we wouldn't need copyleft, because nobody would have any bussiness in hiding source.
again, where's the reasoning behind this statement? are you able to obtain source code back from binary? (a meaningful one)
[1] I may forget some item, but "most" applies even if I am wrong
Some ? What about music and films ? I think the situation is exactly opposite. With the exception of books, everything else has its source hidden.
so what is the source code for music or films? and why you think it is hidden?