On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 10:50 +0100, Lee Braiden wrote: > I'm not sure that *no* IP is a good way to protect societal rights regarding > IP. The issue is that IP should belong to all of society, rather than to > individuals and corporations, imho.
If individuals/corps don't own "IP rights", who does, and how does that differ from no-one owning them? > > Obviously, there is an issue with winners being required to sign over IP > > rights to Microsoft, but this project would be done with the intention > > that we wouldn't win. > > I can't see any way to participate in this without legitimising Microsoft's > unethical approach to IP How does attempting to show up their motives legitimise them? It is better to let this pass without any comment? Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
