reconsider using the term intellectual property
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty
The problem here is that no alternatives are suggested. We in Italy
tendo to use intellectual patrimony (like heritage) or intellectual
paternity (like parenthood), according
According to how I read the FSF's page, the problem is not avoided by using
another phrase to replace intellectual property.
You are right. But I think I am too :)
Any opinions you convey about copyright (for instance) probably are not true
for patents, and vice versa.
Definitely. I am
Klaus Knopper:
Is nobody gettng tired of this topic? I thought we already cleared
things up. The written offer is present on each CD, which complies
to the GPL. I have an email from Dave Turner from the FSF stating
that Knoppix IS in compliance with the GPL. Is there anything more
to
For Duchamp, violating the Mona Lisa was an integral part of the
artistic statement being made.
Whatever Duchamp has done, I'm sure he did it more than 50 (70) years
after Leonardo died.
He drew mustaches on a photograph of the painting, I think, and
exposed it.
He could show his
2- Debian distributes an operating System, so we are allowed to
distribute it.
Maybe it's just that English is not my mother tongue, but I just can't
help my reading the license statement as meaning:
``These microcode updates are distributed for the sole purpose of
installation in
Henning Makholm (with my emphasis):
If library L provides to program P an well-defined generic service
with a simple black-box interface, and it is provided in a way that is
essentially independent that the client is P rather than an unrelated
program Q, then I think it is very hard to argue
* 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
*must display the following acknowledgement:
* This product includes software developed by Yen Yen Lim and
North Dakota State University
* 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or
FYI - A computer shop has taken the Debian logo and used it for his
business.
http://imgur.com/gFKfs.jpg
Thank you for making this jpeg, it's very clear.
[...]
The comapny Logo was created by photoshop and Logo software, we desgined it
from the stretch. if you have somethins to say, give
Can it really be reasonable, in any sense of the word, to
believe that this company would independently invent an identical
logo, pixel for pixel, changing only the hue.
No, not reasonable. Unless both copied from the same swirl. Which seems
reasonable. See
[...]
Calling the German lawyer to find out who are his client might be a
good idea.
I heard from other sources, which I consider trustworthy, that this
was discovered to be a fake letter, sent as a sort of bad joke.
Therefore, the specific case is of no real interest, although I agree that
Note that the GPL places important restrictions on derived works, yet
it does not provide a detailed definition of that term.
It's so on purpose: it's copyright law that says what is a derived
work. Authors can't extend the reach of their rights at will. At
least when they don't sell devices
[...] However, your intention is to apply a non-legally enforcable
restriction that, were it in a license, would immediately and
obviously fail the DFSG, [...] you are trying to (non-legally) force
Debian to adopt a licensing scheme contrary to its values.
How heated.
This is exactly like
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