See Larry Lessig presentation for a good start on the issues:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Lessig
http://lessig.org/freeculture/ <--- you have to see this presentation
Cheers
On 4/10/07, Tim Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This looks like a good opportunity to put the case for exam
This looks like a good opportunity to put the case for examining the
value (or lack of) patent related IP with respect to FOSS (and maybe all
software in general). Does OSGeo have a position on this, as it looks
like a great opportunity to get some exposure.
Tim Bowden
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On 3-Apr-07, at 6:49 PM, Helton Uchoa wrote:
Hi Tyler,
I will include an article about projects or cases from Brazil in
the volume 2.
Great - I hope that in future volumes we can have reports from
several local chapters as well.
Tyler
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Dis
Hi everybody,
The board has asked me to administer the upcoming election of
additional voting members for OSGeo.
This is just a brief update and some pre-information about the process.
Everyone on this list is encouraged to participate in the nomination
phase when it is opened. I will conf
Thanks for that Link Michael.
It will be useful.
Landon
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Subject: RE: [Geodata] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Promoting freely available geodata
FYI,
OpenJUMP can import ESRI Shapefiles and has some limited ability to
export SVG. I believe some of our users are using this feature and
Inkscape to produce maps.
I hope to revisit OpenJUMP's SVG export abilities in the next year.
Landon
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