> With the law as it stands, though, copyright is the best tool we have. In this particular field, it's already far weaker than it should be—it offers borderlin

> With the law as it stands, though, copyright is the best tool we have. In this particular field, it's already far weaker than it should be—it offers borderline irrelevant protection (even as it lasts far too long) that fails to reflect the things that make software a creative, challenging, expressive endeavor. We have patents, and those desperately need knocked down a peg. In a world where companies exist solely to sue people for implementing shopping carts on web sites, I celebrate this win for fair use.