Plan 9 license

[Ken Arromdee]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Mark Wells wrote:
> > > Here's a simple test to determine if something has been stolen: does the
> > > original owner still have it?
> > Doesn't work.  "Because my work is copied and the coies are widely spread, I
> > do not have the potential market that I did before.  That market has been
> > stolen from me."
> "Because the automobile is widespread, we in the buggy-whip industry do
> not have the potential market that we had before.  That market has been
> stolen from us."

I wasn't agreeing that such things are stolen, I was pointing out that the
definition has a hole in it--it doesn't define "stolen" the way you'd want.
*I* wouldn't consider this stealing, but your definition does.