RE: OT The Grinch who stole Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA

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 From: Alan Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 
 James Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  A very funny parody...
  
  http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031106164630915
 
 I just had a bizarre thought. Parody of a copywritten work is
 a protected form of expression. What would a parody of copywrite
 protected code be? 8-) Or music, or videos?

Well, one *could* consider Linux a parody of Windows.


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

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Re: OT The Grinch who stole Linux

2003-11-10 Thread Matthew Carpenter
 What would a parody of copywrite protected code be? 

Windows

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Re: OT The Grinch who stole Linux

2003-11-09 Thread Alan Jackson
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 01:16:59 +
James Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 A very funny parody...
 
 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031106164630915

I just had a bizarre thought. Parody of a copywritten work is
a protected form of expression. What would a parody of copywrite
protected code be? 8-) Or music, or videos?

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Re: OT The Grinch who stole Linux

2003-11-09 Thread Terence McCarthy
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 12:45:32 -0600
Alan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 I just had a bizarre thought. Parody of a copywritten work is
 a protected form of expression. What would a parody of copywrite
 protected code be? 8-) Or music, or videos?
 

Lots more money for lawyers.

First, let's kill all the lawyers


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OT The Grinch who stole Linux

2003-11-07 Thread James Conner
A very funny parody...

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031106164630915

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