On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 23:31 +0800, Rogelio Serrano wrote: > On 7/9/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 18:40 +0800, Rogelio Serrano wrote: > > > On 7/9/06, Johann Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 10:01 +0800, GOvvin wrote: > > > > > Re pushing for "plain linux and not a specific distro". That isn't > > > > > also possible. Discrimination against proprietary sofwtare pa din yun > > > > > > > > Given that Windows has like 90% of the desktop OS market, a little > > > > "discrimination" won't hurt much. If Microsoft wants to be competitive > > > > in third-world countries, they should re-evaluate their pricing and > > > > anti-piracy measures. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > > I wonder how many of those are licensed. Is 100% compliance even > > > enforceable? > > > > > > OT, sorry. > > > > > > Well what about those things that did not pass government standards? > > > is that discrimination? > > > > > That's not discrimination... that's just simply not passing to > > standards. That happens everytime. > > > > > What if the government required that all software it uses are all > > > patented? > > > > There are no software patents here in this nation. > > > > What! Thats great! So what do we have that can protect software? copyright?
Yes. The use of patents isn't really applicable on software, being mere translation of algorithms, which are mathematical in nature and not patentable being an expression of the truth, and still resides in the realm of ideas. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
