kit yoong sounds like a good idea. if you have some handouts/presentation slides on the subjects it would be good if you could share. there are a few things that would help everyone by clarifying the difference btwn trademark, copyright and patent. from there maybe we can drill down to differentiate the patent vs software patent argument. then there's the licensing of OSS. personally some of these things can be very confusing.
thanks AJ 2009/6/26 Yoon Kit Yong <[email protected]> > 2009/6/26 aziman noor <[email protected]> > >> Oleh kerana MOSTI baru dilantik untuk menguruskan Harta Intelek, mesti >> diorang pun memerlukan komuniti yang macam kita ni menyokong, dan mana tahu >> OSDC.my di 'appointed' sebagai pusat rujukan untuk IP. >> >> nota : itu pun jika OSDC.my betul- betul ada pakar untuk hal harta intelek >> ni, terutamanya 'software pattern'. > > > I do hope that a rep from osdc.my will represent the Open Source > Developers in Malaysia and present the positions consistent with the open > source philosophies. > > If you need any of us to explain the issues to the osdc.my reps, please > just ask. I have given briefings to some MyIPO / MDTCA on software patents > during the certain FTA discussions. But that was several years ago. Perhaps > osdc.my can re-fresh our positions especially with the new relationship with > MOSTI. > > But first you guys will need to convince the MDeC folk that not all IP is > in the interest of countries like Malaysia. Sure, we must and should honour > Intellectual Property like Copyright, Trademarks, Designs and Hardware > Patents. But Software Patents, we need to send a clear message. > > If there is anybody intending to join OSDC.my with any thought that > Software Patents is good for Malaysia, I suggest you do some research first. > > If you think that this is just some high level talk, which doesnt affect us > developers, think again. It affects to what extent Malaysians can make use > of Open Source. From DVD Playback, Music, Video, Filesystems, anything which > has been patented by the large MNCs will affect ALL the developers in > Malaysia. Oh yes, even traditional closed source outfits are in danger; and > if they think that Software Patents is their ticket out, they are mighy > wrong. > > > Much Regards, > > yk. > > > > -- Bill Cosby <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/bill_cosby.html> - "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Source-Developers-Club-Malaysia/80292283545 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
