| ??? 09/26/06 07:24 Read: times |
#125051 - ethics? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
The issue here is that a patent should not be required to copyright material, by the very name a copyright should suffice. May it be marginally legal? possibly but ethical? NEVER!!! Ethics has nothing to do with business. You can argue whether "getting inspired" by competition, or outright stealing ideas/algorithms/artwork/code is or is not ethical; but if your competitor uses it and succeeds, you are out of business and that's all (you can go the lawsuit way of course, I don't know if it helps in USA/Western Europe, here, it would be simply ridiculous). We have a saying, something like "words are for to speak but to eat you need bread", there must be something similar in English (or Danish) too, it's too common wisdom. It can make you feel sick (me it does), but that's life, unfortunately. People are wolves. Jan Waclawek |
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