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regards, Aizat On Jun 26, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Ditesh Kumar wrote: > hi! > > a bunch of have worked on this issue in the past, especially when > the free trade agreement (FTA) was being discussed. khairil, > yusseri, dr nah, dinesh, yk, aizat, and myself are familiar with the > issues and have provided some information to several government > agencies on intellectual rights[0]. > > i believe the team at OSCC are also very knowledgeable in this area. > > i wrote a paper some time back on software patents. in addition, > nsh, dinesh and myself also wrote to the newspapers when software > patents was being discussed in the media. > > you can find the paper and the letter to the editor here: > > http://ditesh.gathani.org/writings.php > > we also invited richard stallman (rms) in 2005 to educate interested > parties on the danger of software patents. over 600 people attended > the event in penang and kl. rms also had an article published in The > Edge newspaper to educate the business community on the danger of > software patents. > > it is recognized that software patents have been a destructive force > in the software industry. in malaysia, given our software industry > is very nascent, it is important that we do what is necessary to > protect our national sovereign interests. > > [0] The term "intellectual property rights" is misleading for a > number of reasons, the term "intellectual rights" is preferable. > > ditesh > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:38 PM, A Johan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 - "If two wrongs don't make a right, try three." > > > > > > > > > > > -- http://aizatto.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
