On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:09:41 +0100 rysiek <rysiek@hackerspace.pl> wrote:
Dnia niedziela, 11 stycznia 2015 18:34:24 Juan pisze:
I would say: that individuals should have the right to use their *tools* however they like, including fixing them, modifying them and helping their neighbours by lending them.
Which boils down to : this is my stuff - I do with it whatever I want.
So, if I write a program, whose "stuff" is it? Mine? Yours if you're using it? the "boils down to" is a bit simplified, isn't it.
I was referring to physical property - computer hardware in this case. Again, the argument is that since people own the hardware they should control it (otherwise they don't really own it). If you write a program you are the author. You can keep it secret but you can't prevent people from copying it/using it if you somehow make it public. As to who 'owns' it, the question doesn't make much sense because, again, intellectual 'property' doesn't really work liky physical property.