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description of copyright.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:14:51 +0000
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10 (This is all based on my knowledge of American patent/copyright law.) 10 (This is all based on my knowledge of American patent/copyright law.)
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12 * Copyright is normally a negative force 12 * Copyright is normally a negative force
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14 Copyright is something the you are automatically granted whenever
15 you create a work in some permanent form; you don't have to request
16 it or anything. It lets you prevent other people from copying your
17 work, reading your work, or creating derivitave works based on your
18 work.
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16 * GPL uses copyright as a positive force 21 * GPL uses copyright as a positive force
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18 * Patents generally an inhibitive force. 23 * Patents generally an inhibitive force.