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If I steal your house, that means that you lost it. The same isn't true for the code, as Blizzard would still also have it (along with the right to distribute b
by jhasse 10y ago
If I steal your house, that means that you lost it. The same isn't true for the code, as Blizzard would still also have it (along with the right to distribute binary copies of it, which is a million times more valuable).
- braveo 10y agothis distinction does not matter, if you steal my code and release it I can sue for damages exactly the way I would if you were to somehow steal my house.
- jhasse 10y agoWhat would be the damages for Blizzard if he had released the code?
- jhasse 10y agoWhat would be the damages for Blizzard if he had released the code?
- tripzilch 10y agoare you conflating ethics and law again, or do you honestly believe that a corporation, a legal construct, has moral rights like a human?? because I can make up constructs all day that suffered more damages either way.
- jhasse 10y ago> are you conflating ethics and law again, or do you honestly believe that a corporation, a legal construct, has moral rights like a human?? No.