I rarely butt in but i dont think its crab mentality nor selfishness. maybe if ms only asked permission to use the manual for something else first.
> If memory serves me right, a school official had to sign some contract > to be part of a similar program by PiL and MS. Not sure if it covered > IP rights to training materials produced by the teachers/students. > There was one school that backed out on one of the programs before > though. > > If you read the article, the school's case is strong. The school DID > license copies of a training manual to Microsoft. Microsoft went > overboard with rebranding and redistributing the manual. > > Not really an example of "crab mentality" but it sucks that an > educational institution would rather be selfish with such material. > > On Dec 18, 2007 1:17 AM, Jojo Paderes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Looks like another example of "crab mentality". >> >> The school has just been removed from PiL http://pil.ph . M$ is >> already giving out something to the community and this is what they >> get in return. >> >> On Dec 17, 2007 10:54 PM, Harvey Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > As reported on Inquirer.net >> > >> > http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20071217-107256/Microsoft_sued_for_P100-M_for_alleged_copyright_violation >> > >> >> -- >> http://www.panlilioforpresident.com >> http://jojopaderes.blogspot.com >> _________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > _________________________________________________ > 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 > _________________________________________________ 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
