William Patry, one of the most respected online commentators on
copyright, has
shut down his weblog.
It so happens that copyright is a major subject covered in a book
recently released by O'Reilly, Van Lindberg's
Intellectual Property and Open Source A Practical Guide to Protecting Code.
This blog continues with a brief statement by Van about Patry's
decision, then a brief statement of my own, and finally an excerpt from
Van's book about how copyright got to the state it's in, an excerpt I
hope you'll enjoy and learn from.
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