It's not a problem of patents being Open Source or not. Its a problem that these patents:
1. are for ideas already implemented by other individuals
2. are trivial in concept.
To take an extreem example, consider using buttons on shirts. The idea is trivial and has already been implemented by other manufacturers. An application for patent of buttons should be rejected for these reasons. The same standard for physical inventions such as buttons should hold true for software patents as well.
Patent law, when applied properly, can benifit society, but instances such as Emedicene's patent does much more damage than good.
I see that there is a NAG Parallel Library, but does anyone know if NAG works with the MPIch library?
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Indirect soft money isn't recorded. Try writing "W" or Gore and get a complete list of who's running issue ads which support them.
Along a similar line, who do you think destroyed Clinton's health care package? Member of the government? No, the people who purchased and produced the Hellen and John (or whatever there names are) ads.
Do you think that the producers were repersentative of the general population? Probably not.
Were they elected? No.
Did they represent the wealthy interesets of the insurance companies and drug manufacturers? Yes.
I have an e-mail into Tom Ryan and hope to hear back soon to if the Watcom comipler will be F77 or F9X.
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If this wasn't illegal, the rich would control
the entire government
It's not illegal and the rich do own the government.
The only difference here is that the money is going straight to the people rather than the current sysmtem where the corporations pay (buy) the media to brainwash the voter.
It seems better that the current method of politicians being purchased by corporations and PAC's. This is a straight forward cash for votes deal where there is no under the table policy promises.
What's further, it would be a grass roots effort if the candidates were to purchase the ballots directly from the individual voter.
It's probably not the best thing for democracy, but nothing new to the US government.
As I understand it all works are copyrighted upon completion; however, the US allows one to register the copyright of a particular work.
If an unregistered copyright is broken the owner can sue for the damages associated with the violations only but not the court costs. If the copyright is registered then both the damages and the court costs can be recovered.
The question is if the thesis in question is registered. If not then the cost of the lawsuit probably will be over the cost of the damages.
Perhaps someone should write Ben Greenbaum to thank him for his article.
It's quite inspiring when civility overcomes what has too often become flame wars between opposing factions.
Would we have reacted similarly has we encountered unjust article smearing microsoft? I'm guessing that most of us would just let it slip under the rug.
Who would pay for this? The consumer purchases the hardware of his or her own choice. Even if the mainstream hardware goes to this (which I doubt that it will) there will always be a market for non-fucked up electronics.
What is difficult about learning C++, like all languages, is the gammer not the language itself. Most common programming languages have variable, operators, loops, arrays, etc. just as spoken languages have nouns, verbs, and modifiers. If you want to add a loop or increment a variable it's just a matter of looking up the proper syntax, like using a dictionary.
It is the grammer of OOP that makes C++ confusing not the language itself. A person who knows how to build a good finite difference model in FORTRAN will not be able to just sit down and rewrite the model in C++ because the mechanics OOP is so different.
Although the Apogee page does look like a legal document, I believe that this is not what they intend.
I think what they are trying to say is that they have exclusive right to the following trademarks and artwork... and that they will not enforce their legal rights unless the trademarks are used for...
Granted there is some question, for me, about exactly what can be legally blocked.
For instance, are scientific documents barred from use of brand names... reviews... retail outlets... etc.
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Does anyone know if the guys who got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry actually explained why the polymers work or did they just discover it.
1. are for ideas already implemented by other individuals
2. are trivial in concept.
To take an extreem example, consider using buttons on shirts. The idea is trivial and has already been implemented by other manufacturers. An application for patent of buttons should be rejected for these reasons. The same standard for physical inventions such as buttons should hold true for software patents as well.
Patent law, when applied properly, can benifit society, but instances such as Emedicene's patent does much more damage than good.
If someone would develope a technique for cheap, easy to produce, single crystal films, then you'd have a huge break through.
I see that there is a NAG Parallel Library, but does anyone know if NAG works with the MPIch library?
Along a similar line, who do you think destroyed Clinton's health care package? Member of the government? No, the people who purchased and produced the Hellen and John (or whatever there names are) ads.
Do you think that the producers were repersentative of the general population? Probably not.
Were they elected? No.
Did they represent the wealthy interesets of the insurance companies and drug manufacturers? Yes.
I have an e-mail into Tom Ryan and hope to hear back soon to if the Watcom comipler will be F77 or F9X.
It's not illegal and the rich do own the government.
The only difference here is that the money is going straight to the people rather than the current sysmtem where the corporations pay (buy) the media to brainwash the voter.
What's further, it would be a grass roots effort if the candidates were to purchase the ballots directly from the individual voter.
It's probably not the best thing for democracy, but nothing new to the US government.
If an unregistered copyright is broken the owner can sue for the damages associated with the violations only but not the court costs. If the copyright is registered then both the damages and the court costs can be recovered.
The question is if the thesis in question is registered. If not then the cost of the lawsuit probably will be over the cost of the damages.
It's quite inspiring when civility overcomes what has too often become flame wars between opposing factions.
Would we have reacted similarly has we encountered unjust article smearing microsoft? I'm guessing that most of us would just let it slip under the rug.
Who would pay for this? The consumer purchases the hardware of his or her own choice. Even if the mainstream hardware goes to this (which I doubt that it will) there will always be a market for non-fucked up electronics.
Not to mention, the idea of sharpening a pencil in space. :7)
It is the grammer of OOP that makes C++ confusing not the language itself. A person who knows how to build a good finite difference model in FORTRAN will not be able to just sit down and rewrite the model in C++ because the mechanics OOP is so different.
Hurray for NAFTA?!
I think what they are trying to say is that they have exclusive right to the following trademarks and artwork... and that they will not enforce their legal rights unless the trademarks are used for...
Granted there is some question, for me, about exactly what can be legally blocked.
For instance, are scientific documents barred from use of brand names... reviews... retail outlets... etc.