From: Eivind Eklund <eeklund@...>
Date: 2007-03-24T02:19:01+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

On 3/23/07, Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
> Copyright is the basis of the open source movement: it is the claim
> of copyright that allows the owner to insist on a particular license:
> "I own the copyright, and I'll grant you a license under the
> following terms."

Hey, we BSDers also exist.  Our "giving away as far as we are able"
variant works quite well.  Public domain - which is what happens when
there is no copyright - also seems to work quite well.

Yes, there is a whole host of people that participate in open source
under a "I'll live in fear of being exploited"-mindset, and we would
lose those - at least until they see that things work well anyway.
Still, copyright is not needed for what we do day to day, and there
are many projects that get by well more or less without it (and would
do perfectly without it if there wasn't jurisdictions willing to go
overboard with implied warranties for public domain work.)

Eivind.