Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : David Golden
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 11:29 am

Gerry Quinn wrote:
 
> The work is already there - they just need a copy. 

This has been addressed already, you confuse "to work" and "a work".

[Misrepresentation as mere moaning about terminology to ignore valid
concerns deleted.]

> Are you agreeing with me, or are you claiming that value is stored in
> a location?

Neither.  "the" value of I"P" isn't - each person will value it
differently.  The mere fact you may highly value the ability to control
redistribution under an assumption it allows you to successfully charge
higher per-copy prices (sale of a copy being exchanging something you
value less, a copy of a work, for something you value more, money)  is
not in itself any good reason to grant it to you.  The very existence
of such a right might be negatively valued by lots of people.

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