On 13/02/12 12:45, Matt Giuca wrote:
Having a shorter copyright term, but keeping the long term for free
software would mean that the above clause is no longer true. In this world,
I would have certain freedoms with proprietary software that I would not
have with GPL software. For example, I
The goal of free software is freedom for people who *use* software. To
claim that the ability to restrict other people with proprietary software
is a freedom is twisted logic indeed.
But that is a freedom. This comes to the double-edged idea that freedom
cannot be absolute: if I have
Hello All,
On the subject in the subject line - Excluding free software from
patentability - it concerns me that there is a emphasis on software.
As demonstrated at LCA2012 there seems to be increasing interest in
open hardware, and I think hardware has exactly the same issues as
software does
What time do meetings normally end? Dinner? Just asking, because if I
can attend or not depends on my travel plans being worked out in
advance. Ideally I need to be on the 7:17pm or 8:11pm Belgrave train
to meet one of the last two buses for the day.
Meetings normally finish at 7:30, dinner I
