Not entirely. Without copyright, you still don't have any way of forcing companies to release their source code, and you've lost the legal protection that allows open-source licenses to be enforced.
The only benefit is that *if* you can get hold of their proprietary source code, the company can't do anything about it either.
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Re: You?
Date: 2012-01-31 12:51 am (UTC)The only benefit is that *if* you can get hold of their proprietary source code, the company can't do anything about it either.