Peter Alcibiades wrote:
Probably Richard Gaskin is mistaken for a similar reason
in saying that "All open source applications that run on
Windows, Mac, or any other non-FOSS OS are just as
"proprietary" as any Rev project released under similar
license."
No, not really. If its OSS, you have th
Well, the problem here is that the vampires bite the other way; increasingly
here the vampires are the major huge companies holding IP rights and they
issue subpeona's/lawsuits against network printers and old people who don't
even own computers and bleed them dry.
Fun stuff like that.
Not that I
Peter Alcibiades wrote:
"they were probably right."
I didn't say they were wrong; I said I thought they were silly.
I am not a purist; in fact there are quite a few people I know
who believe I am about the most "impure" person there is :)
The folks at Ubuntu would like us to believe they are p
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"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La
Rochefoucauld)
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, viktoras d. wrote:
> From: viktoras d.
> Subject: Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads
> To: "How to use Revol
but then what is the status of java? There are tons of open source apps
in java (http://java-source.net/), but a.f.a.i.k. java is not open
source otherwise IBM wouldn't urge SUN to make it OSS:
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1007_3-5165427.html. Well, it is 5 years old
"news".
Viktoras
Peter Alci
free, they were built using proprietary software.
>
> Personally I thought they were being a bit silly.
>
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The main problem, in Bulgaria at least, is that one would spend so much
money in court that defending one's copyright would not be worth it.
The word 'vampire' occurs to me.
sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.
A Thorn in the flesh is bette
Yes, I've seen this, but thank you for reminding me of it!
Judy
http://revined.blogspot.com
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Judy Perry >wrote:
>
> And yet, what is maddeningly undocumented is the whole fair use defense.
> > But at least, he
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Judy Perry wrote:
And yet, what is maddeningly undocumented is the whole fair use defense.
> But at least, here in the US, it actually exists to some degree, unlike
> some countries.
>
You could start here:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Ove
>
> The differences between what should be patented, copyrighted or trademarked
> is reasonably well documented, though often creatively applied.
>
> And yet, what is maddeningly undocumented is the whole fair use defense.
But at least, here in the US, it actually exists to some degree, unlike
som
> Lynn Fredricks wrote:
>
> "I think we are agreed that the Patent system is on the Road
> to Nowhere :-)"
I was refering to a title of a Talking Heads song :-)
> Um:
>
> 1. Copyright?
>
> 2. Open Source?
>
> 3. Co-existence between several models.
>
> And, in the case of software, where d
Richmond Mathewson wrote:
A while ago I wrote a message to one of the high-ups at Ubuntu offering
to let them have FREE linux versions of a couple of programs I made about
6 years ago about Phonetics using RR.
They were refused on the grounds that, while I was entitled to distribute
standalones
Lynn Fredricks wrote:
"I think we are agreed that the Patent system is on the Road to Nowhere :-)"
Um:
1. Copyright?
2. Open Source?
3. Co-existence between several models.
And, in the case of software, where does a patent end and copyright start?
Consider a small problem:
> > A facinating read :-)
>
> Agreed. However, my favorite legal read of the day is
>
> http://www.legalunderground.com/2004/02/i_was_ready_to_.html
I think we are agreed that the Patent system is on the Road to Nowhere :-)
Best regards,
Lynn Fredricks
President
Paradigma Software
http://www.p
Lynn-
Monday, March 23, 2009, 10:06:41 AM, you wrote:
> A facinating read :-)
Agreed. However, my favorite legal read of the day is
http://www.legalunderground.com/2004/02/i_was_ready_to_.html
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mwie...@ahsoftware.net
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