yoon kit sorry buddy! lain kali i'll get it right. i agree licensing is a seperate issue and personally to me some of the licensing can be quite confusing especially when it comes to oss licenses.
i would like to suggest that maybe we can have this as one of our events in OSDC.my *Understanding Trademarks, copyrights and Patents* This is important for anyone irrespective if you are in software or not to understand. AJ 2009/6/26 Yoon Kit Yong <[email protected]> > > > 2009/6/26 A Johan <[email protected]> > >> kit yoong > > > Sorry, its "yoon kit" ;-) > > >> sounds like a good idea. if you have some handouts/presentation slides on >> the subjects it would be good if you could share. >> > > I have a few. Not sure where I put them already tho. > > >> there are a few things that would help everyone by clarifying the >> difference btwn trademark, copyright and patent. >> > > Perhaps we should find out how many people are not clear on these aspects? > > >> 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. >> > > Licensing is a completely separate topic by itself. Not only just the > differences of the various FOSS licenses, but also the implications of > choosing a license. > > Software Patents affect all licenses, and all methods of developments, and > that includes proprietary software. > > yk. > > > > -- Laurence J. Peter<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/laurence_j_peter.html> - "If two wrongs don't make a right, try three." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
