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> ----- Original message ----- > From: "Dave Neary" <[email protected]> > To: "Randall Arnold" <[email protected]> > cc: "Ryan Abel" <[email protected]>, "Rudolf Streif" <[email protected]>, "Community Building and Infrastructure (discussion list)" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] PCWorld: Why Nokia Is in Deep Trouble With MeeGo (should someone reply to this article?) > Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:04:33 +0100 > > >Hi, > > Randall Arnold wrote: > > "Intellectual property" may be a poor choice as the standard > > phrase, but use of the phrase in and of itself should not be a > > stumbling block to rational discussion. Rather, that would be the > > context(s) wrapped around it in a given dialog. > > It's a poor choice because it covers some completely different things > (for example, copyright and trademark - we have seen first hand how > different these things can be - and trade secrets and patents). Only > patents apply to the protection of an idea, so it seems that you're > talking about those. > I wasn't overly concerned with the basis, just hoping we could ground the "emotional charge" on the object. �;) And patents don't protect ideas; they protect the realization or rendition of an idea. There is no mechanism for protecting something as ethereal as an idea. �Thank God. Randy -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com
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