On 5/24/05, Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: *snip*... > and Mozart would be crippled when it comes to composing music. The patent > holders (usually big companies) tell them that they aren't smart enough if > they can't create something original.
*nods* Seems funny how most of the ideas behind patents claimed by the corporations were not developed by them. > > THIS is the problem with software patents. Software, like music, is created > from ideas. These ideas trigger other ideas, and so on, until a product is > developed. By allowing software patents, we are being prevented from > building on these ideas to come up with the next generation application or > system. > > The patent issue is even more complicated, but that's another discussion... :) > hmm...what happens when i code a program in c and ms "owns" the patent for the language? Do i have to use ms owned tools and compilers? what if they dont want to write them for the platform i want to develop on? > I spoke with him briefly to say thank you on behalf of all the CLUG members > that were present (there were about 15 or 20 of us that I saw...). Mr > Stallman suggested we could thank him by changing the name of our group to > "Calgary GNU/Linux User's Group". To avoid any clash of opinions, I > suggested that I would post this issue to the group. Comments? So then we'll have to call ourselves CGNU/LUG? or CGLUG? IMHO linux is synonymous with the GNU project and free software, why change our name to accomodate a rather small point? -Rob _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
