> As far as I'm aware, patenting has nothing to do with open source. Its my > understanding that patenting reffers to "rights granted to the inventor". > That right includes whether to share your knowledge or not. In case of Free > Software we can just patent it, and then we can share the code. > I think you might be forgetting that Linux is patented to Linus Torvalds. > But he chose to share the code > If you have doubt, check this link: > http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&rno=1916230
Linus Torwalds has a trademark on 'Linux' (the word) Patents and trademarks are different [http://www.lawmart.com/forms/difference.htm] Nishan -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
