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I can't say I sympathize with King.com. I always find it annoying when creative folks use IP laws.

Those IP laws are the same things that underpin the GPL and other Open Source licenses.

Granted, trademarks can sometimes be silly, copyright terms far too long and software patents ridiculous but at heart they do provide some very strong value.

Here and I thought that even in the absence of copyright, GPL and other open source licenses would be covered under contract law.

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