On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Les Kitchen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > 2. Even though Patentology is correct in pointing that the GPL > ... >> Plus, patents != copyright, just because they share the IP umbrella. >> For the most part it should be pretty trivial for an individual to not >> violate copyright when writing software, but it can be impossible to >> even know if you are violating a patent. > > Yes, Tim. Agreed. > > And, keeping straight the difference between copyright and > patents, I notice the recent movement to criminalize copyright > violation (when once it was just a civil matter). On the "unexpected side" - Google for news along the line of: "MPAA’s Chris Dodd Admits That Calling Piracy Theft Is A Bad Idea" Not that it would matter too much (to paraphrase: "that which we call a FUD by any other name would stink as bad").
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