[LINK] Stolen or copied?

[Stewart Fist]

Rick's senario modified:
> 
> Concerning the misappropriation of "intellectual property".
> 
> ABSTRACT PROPERTY SCENARIO:
> 
 Joe: Bob, you stole my computer code for a program I've been working on for
two years!
> 
> Bob: No I didn't. I borrowed it.
> 
> Joe: Well then, give it back.
> 
> Bob: Okay, here it is. You now have your code back.
> 
> Joe: But you still stole it!
> 
> Bob: No, actually I copied it
 ... ten thousand times, and distributed these copies all over the world so
your code now has no commercial value.




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