On Friday 29 November 2002 02:23, Jeff Sheldon wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Bruce Guthrie wrote:
> > Ever hear of copy rights?
>
> Releasing a design or product openly doesn't mean you lose your
> copyright, so long as you take the effort to apropriately protect those
> rights. There are several popular (legally-binding) licenses publically
> available. There's also the whole issue behind "fair use" that the
> public is afforded as well.
Is there such a thing as a GPL hardware license? Or is it time to invent
one?
In any case, I never grokked all the commotion around this; just asking
someone a polite question isn't a crime.
[panicky] Is it?
-- Jazz."Respect my authoritaah!" (Eric Cartman)
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