On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 00:57 +0200, Hartmut Noack wrote:
> Music/Art is NO "IP" it is something personal that belongs to the
> creator by law of nature.
> Software is very much different - it is abstract and has to follow
> deterministic rules that are set by machinedesign, compilerrules, maths
> etc. so if you implement a feature for w computer by means of coding you
> have to follow rules that are made by a community of founders, that
> follow logical determination also - you do not "create" features in
> software - you rearrange things that have been done before - a bit
> similar to the work with records that are made to be mixed by DJs, or
> with loops that where recorded with the sole intention to be used with
> samplers.
Are you saying that programming is less creative and original and
"personal" (whatever that means) than writing and recording music? I
definitely disagree.
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