Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Walter Banks Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Copyright Re: Reasonably priced C11 standard? Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:30:48 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4F300038.F64E4354@bytecraft.com> References: <4F2AF093.1000108@verizon.net> <32ea44ee2154f0794941c9d72f0fcff6@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> <4F2FEC70.AB570CD@bytecraft.com> <4F2FFA3D.D3A195F8@bytecraft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 7RNUrPiYz+zlDaszecqZ0g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD479 (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c:16758 Rui Maciel wrote: > Walter Banks wrote: > > > If authors want to put material into the public domain let them do so > > (many do). > > > > This is not about rights of education, culture and entertainment. > > Why do you believe that nonsense? Do you believe that there are different > copyright laws that apply to you and to everyone else in your jurisdiction? > > > What I develop privately should be distributed in a way I authorize > > under my terms. Any other way violates my IP rights. > > Your copyright is still yours, and you lose absolutely nothing if someone > happens to access any copyrighted work exclusively for personal use. They > still have an unauthorized copy, which they cannot sell, and you haven't > lost a single cent on that. In fact, unauthorized users will end up > contributing to any demand for that particular copyrighted work. > > So, what exactly do you have to lose? Distribution control of my property. Financial and promotional choices are mine not theirs. Maybe I want to distribute material to my customers for free as a reward for customer loyalty. w..