Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Steve O'Hara-Smith
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 08:15 am

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:34:11 +0100
David Golden <david.golden@oceanfree.net> wrote:

> Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> 
> > If you are copying - ie. brewing to the same recipe then you are
> > depriving Chris of exclusivity.
> 
> Presupposes he has some sort of natural right to exclusivity
> post-disclosure; invalid.

	You're assuming he disclosed the recipe.

	Then there are those things that cannot be released without
disclosure - should this automatically remove any rights to exclusivity ?
If so why ?

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