On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Danese Cooper wrote:
I know that some of the bigger firms in the US are explicitly
copyrighting their briefs.
Having a copyright on an expression of an information process is very
different than having a patent on the process itself. As long as you
don't infringe on
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Ken Brown wrote:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1462778,00.asp
I love it. They filed a patent for a process my company had a working
example of long before the date of filing, and unlike these guys, we
actually implemented it and ran it. We don't run our site,
Brian Behlendorf scripsit:
I love it. They filed a patent for a process my company had a working
example of long before the date of filing, and unlike these guys, we
actually implemented it and ran it. We don't run our site, SourceXchange,
any longer, but it's still infuriating to see IBM
I know that some of the bigger firms in the US are explicitly
copyrighting their briefs.
D
John Cowan wrote:
Game theory lesson: file a patent on *anything* you're doing. I'm
considering filing one on the particular way I walk down the hall after
waking up in the morning.
Why not? That
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:06:10AM -0500, Russell McOrmond wrote:
I believe that with the speed of software innovation that comparing 20
years to 50 years (or 75-95 in the USA - I forget how far the USA has
gone) for exclusive rights in software is like having a philosophical
debate about
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Ben Reser wrote:
I don't see how you can claim this is an infinity-minus-one vs infinity
argument.
...
If the length of a patent hurts software innovation was not the point.
Nor did I make any commentary on that. I simply pointed out an
inaccuracy in your statement.
Just a coupe of corrections:
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 21:11, Robert Osfield wrote:
The software patents directive which so far has been turned around at first
vote in EP vote back in the summer which ratified that pure software is
patentable, as per the 1974 Europen Patent Convention.
Hi Alex,
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 15:19, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
As an individual (being not at work and not part of some
collaborative product development community [CPL terms are the
best for it, I believe]), I release the code straight into the
public domain, for example:
Robert Osfield wrote:
[...]
vulnerabilities and risks to our livelihood.
If you don't intend to eliminate all IP laws (as an ultimate
solution to the problem of vulnerabilities and risks), then
something like www.pubpat.org is the way to go, I think.
regards,
alexander.
--
license-discuss
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Robert Osfield wrote:
[...]
vulnerabilities and risks to our livelihood.
If you don't intend to eliminate all IP laws
Please stop trying to prove Richard Stallman correct by abusing the term
Intellectual Property to suggest that you are
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 17:59, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Robert Osfield wrote:
[...]
vulnerabilities and risks to our livelihood.
If you don't intend to eliminate all IP laws (as an ultimate
solution to the problem of vulnerabilities and risks), then
something like www.pubpat.org is
Another interesting read is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reaserch into
patent policy and competition policy, you find extracts at:
http://www.ffii.org.uk/ftc/ftc.html
The conclusion are that in the software sector competition is much more
important factor in driving innovation
(Copying Eric Raymond in case he would find this thread interesting -- not
sure if he is a member of the license-discuss list)
While the discussions of copyright and patent law and licensing might be
seen as on-topic, I suspect we are really sliding off-topic for this list
with this message.
: Robert Osfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:51 AM
To: Russell McOrmond; OSI license discussion
Subject: Re: PCT (Patents, Copyright, Trademark) policy and Open Source
Hi Russel,
I expect your position is held by 95% of software developers, I havn't
met one
software
Hi Ken,
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 20:16, Ken Brown wrote:
I am really interested in this stuff. First all, I have to say that I
suspect a tad bit of paranoia in the reporting about what's happening
overseas.
Not overseas for me. I'm based in the Scotland, very much part of the EU for
Ken Brown wrote:
[...]
I am really interested in this stuff. First all, I have to say
that I suspect a tad bit of paranoia in the reporting about what's
happening overseas. What sources are you quoting that talk about
criminalization for patent infringement?
Sources in opposition to the
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