From riel@conectiva.com.br  Fri May  4 16:28:20 2001
From: riel@conectiva.com.br (Rik van Riel)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 12:28:20 -0300 (BRST)
Subject: [Patents] Burce Perens: Software Patents vs. Free Software
In-Reply-To: <200105040751.DAA01607@world.std.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105041227460.582-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>

On Fri, 4 May 2001, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> Anders writes:
> 
> >My programs are literature.
> 
> Whoopee.  That means absolutely nothing.  My VHDL listings describing
> my hardware system are literature as well.  So I guess that means that
> you think that both software and hardware should be protected by
> copyright,

Surprise!  Open up your PC and look at the writing on
the chips. They've all got a copyright notice on them...

regards,

Rik
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