Hello Chandran,
On 11/08/2010 11:31 PM, Chandran wrote:
On Monday 08 November 2010 11:22 PM, Chandran wrote:
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Please mention why you wanted to copyright your posts in your
blog._*Copyright © 2010 lonetwin.net*_ . You wanted to protect your
writings. That's it. Please read my explanation to SAGarun's mail.
Thanks for pointing that out. I've just been too lazy to update the footer since
I hardly think there is anything worth copying there, but I've updated it. Feel
free to 'monetize' on my IP (under the terms of the cc-by-sa copyright license,
of course !).
This is an information about OpenOffice.org- a trademark registered by
Sun Microsystems, Inc. They are protecting their opensource software
using intellectual property only. visit
http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/summary.html
*Trademark*:
Because of trademark issues, OpenOffice.org must insist that all public
communications refer to the project and software as "OpenOffice.org" or
"OpenOffice.org 1.x," and not "OpenOffice" or "Open Office."
OpenOffice.org and the OpenOffice.org logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries.
Yes ! The most successful and profitable open source company, Red Hat, also does
that.
Copyright and trademarks are tools to protect the identity of artifacts (I
*hate* the term Intellectual /Property/). They are employed so that one does not
confuse the source of the artifact.
Copyrights and trademarks are tools for *identification* _not_ monetization.
Unfortunately, years of greed and subsequent brain-washing has led to the belief
that ideas are 'property' that have 'owners' who can assert their claim over the
idea.
cheers,
- steve
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