[thelist] intellectual property again (was RE: Finding the company...?)

Shawn K. Quinn skquinn at speakeasy.net
Mon Oct 29 14:19:52 CDT 2007


On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:45 -0800, Joel D Canfield wrote:
> > This is part of the reason *why* the term "intellecual property" is
> > so flawed, because it encourages exactly the kind of thing you're
> > describing.
> 
> In what way? How would calling it something else encourage different
> behaviour?

Thinking in terms of property means sooner or later someone will say
"that's mine, you can't take it and use it elsewhere."

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>




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