[BNM] Interlectual Property rights

[Tom Dussek (Hotmail)]

> Sorry to be picky, but the analogy is bothering me... If you pay a
> mechanic to work on your car, you don't expect to keep his tools, but
> you do expect to keep the mass-produced component that's just been
> fitted to your engine. 

I knew it was flawed somehow...... Although the mechanic didn't make the 
component - his IP is the knowledge he has to be able to fix your car. 
His tools are what enables him to do the fixing. Rather like libraries.

This could develop into some glorious Friday afternoon pedantry!

Tom Dussek