:LinuxWorld: Reverse-engineering the GNU Public Virus
LinuxWorld: Reverse-engineering the GNU Public Virus Sep 18, 1999, 01 :11 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (9061 reads) (Other stories by Stig Hackvän)
"During the past decade or so, the line between software artists and publishers pretty much disappeared as the two groups
fused into one. The open source revolution has brought that distinction back into focus recently, and now the line between
artists and consumers is blurring."
"That revolution has highlighted the extent to which the
artificial monopolies of copyrights and patents can suppress
creative output as well as foster it. Aggressively enforced
copyrights and patents overstep their stated objectives of
stimulating artistic endeavor and become a socially harmful
means of control. The open source community is giving a loud and clear signal to software publishers that the heyday of market
dominance through closed software and proprietary standards lock-in is ending."
"Intellectual property, however, isn't going away yet -- and we probably shouldn't be trying to kill it, either."
