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Originally Posted by toddos
Which means that Linux, OS X, Windows, etc all are now in the business of stealing because they ship with programming languages (bash, perl, python, apple script, powershell, vbscript, etc) that could be used to do bad things.
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In a way yes, they all steal, but I am more interested in the idea of the creation of these things, Windows, Linux, etc. Their creation is wholly dependent on prior art. As is all creation.
But getting back to Calibre, for starters I don't believe I've ever said that "Calibre" should or should not be doing anything, I am merely trying to understand current views on the subject of copyright and why the mind can deem one copying to be infringing while another copying is deemed to not infringe.
When you speak of "good aggregators" To me this is a meaningless term. Your idea of a good aggregator would be one that only lifts a single paragraph of an article, my idea of a good aggregator would be one that lifts the core concept of multiple articles and rewords this concept into a new article. To me it is the same and it is not.
Would a universal attribution line,
"This work is attributed to humanity and by extension the universe"
Be enough to negate all forms of copyright law? I have moved far beyond trying to claim anything as being mine, I do not believe anything can ever be claimed. To me this is the only way to go if where we are trying to go is complete freedom. Copyright is a small impediment and will soon be done away with of course, it's inevitable. Calibre has already done much to hasten copyright's demise.
Congrats Calibre!
