[Patents] Some remarks on Vol 1 #284

[PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de]

> >You mean you used closed-source software where the copy protection had
> >been removed by someone?
> >Sorry, that doesn't make you a hacker.
> 
> 
> What I try to explain to many other lawyers in other meeting is just that
> copy and "non-respect of copyright" is cultural for people in computer
> field.... 

Wrong.

Most people in the computer field have very little respect for crackers.  
A hacker is not a cracker.

Removing copyright protection or using napster is not a cool thing to do.
It's rather something that some puerile teenagers engage in.  Read Eric
Raymond's articles on hacker culture.

> Sorry, but I don't consider me as a hacker... 

I don't.  "Hacker" is an honorary title.

> So that we have to consider infringment in this field not in a
> traditionnal way .... that's all....

When a computer professional releases computer programs, either closed or
open source, he will not whine about how other people might "infringe".
He considers such "infringement" normal, but wouldn't be proud himself to
engage in it.  Only unprofessional people need to engage in this kind of
luser activity. 

-phm