On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, David Pollak
<dpp@...> wrote:
Viktor Klang wrote:
We just make sure our stuff is as open as the stuff we are
copying.
Once again, copyright violation is theft. It's no different than
stealing a car. Being part of the FOSS community means respecting that.
With all respect, copyright violation is copyright violation, theft is
theft.
Both are illegal, but don't compare apples to nuts.
Copying an MP3 from a friend may be copyright violation, but it may not
be theft.
In this case, taking someone else's code (Property) and putting it in
your code in violation of license terms (without their permission), is
theft. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft
Theft implies that something is moved from one place to another. The act of Copying doesn't move anything.
--
Viktor Klang
Rogue Software Architect
