Lois Boland, director of international relations for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, said that open-source software runs counter to the mission of WIPO, which is to promote intellectual-property rights.
"To hold a meeting which has as its purpose to disclaim or waive such rights seems to us to be contrary to the goals of WIPO," she said.
IANAL I am a software developer. If I license my IP under the GPL or any other open source license then how have I in any way waived my rights to my IP. Can someone explain to me what the logical basis for her argument is? Or is this just regurgitated FUD from a spin doctor paid by a certain large corporation (The identity of which you can probably guess).
The GPL is a license that controls intelectual property rights. As far as I know I control the IP rights to my code I can if I choose use for example the GPL to grant limited rights for others to use my code. I do not waive my rights to my IP.
These interviews regarding the corporate influence on Linux are discussing SCO Intellectual Property. By watching them you agree to pay SCO $699 per viewing.
The development community could be fairly large for a platform that has been around for a long time. However, this platform may be about to be superseded by a new upstart with a smaller yet growing community
Several more rare tropical bird species have become extinct as the Government of Panama steps up it's efforts to prevent the use of VOIP using avian carriers.
Now my smartphone will be able to respond to those late night tech support calls. It will give detailed instructions on HOWTO: Reboot, take 2 asprin and call me in the morning.
You could probably use a cluster of these to power a larger device for 50 years. Now that Ontario has privatized our electricity causing the rates to triple, I would really like to power my house. I wonder how big a cluster would be needed?
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I predict a different sort of LAN party.
The Miami LAN Party will be more like
The Boston Tea Party.
Neither of us are American
Neither or us are fat
She has a nice ass!
As far as sleaze goes, she gives a great BJ!
I take my coffee black. However, I must add ice.
My wife takes hers with quadruple cream. Without ice she will have downed the entire pot before my cup has cooled down enough for the first sip.
The first link is dead.
sco.com is still down.
I like burning the phone bills.
All your IP are belong to us!
IANAL I am a software developer. If I license my IP under the GPL or any other open source license then how have I in any way waived my rights to my IP. Can someone explain to me what the logical basis for her argument is? Or is this just regurgitated FUD from a spin doctor paid by a certain large corporation (The identity of which you can probably guess).
The GPL is a license that controls intelectual property rights. As far as I know I control the IP rights to my code I can if I choose use for example the GPL to grant limited rights for others to use my code. I do not waive my rights to my IP.
These interviews regarding the corporate influence on Linux are discussing SCO Intellectual Property. By watching them you agree to pay SCO $699 per viewing.
$incerely Your$
B.McBride
The X-Price payable to SCO is 100 Trillion Dollars per X application.
Yours Sincerely, Darl McBride
In Canada a tarnished looney would do.
$59.00 for taxidermists who stuff penguins.
Clearly their test samples were contaminated with dihydrogenmonoxide.
Does size matter?
The development community could be fairly large for a platform that has been around for a long time. However, this platform may be about to be superseded by a new upstart with a smaller yet growing community
INTERCAL
Only if you're not the victim.
The inflight meal will not be cold.
In the last couple of years many companies have discovered a truly effective method of stopping incomming viruses and spam.
They stopped forwarding money to their ISP's
Several more rare tropical bird species have become extinct as the Government of Panama steps up it's efforts to prevent the use of VOIP using avian carriers.
I suspect the manufacturer should expect a large order for the receiving units from the CIA, FBI, ...
Now my smartphone will be able to respond to those late night tech support calls. It will give detailed instructions on HOWTO: Reboot, take 2 asprin and call me in the morning.
While studying it, please also take the time to mine it, hollow it out, and add life support.
Oh, by the way you may be able to generate some extra tourist revenues with a really cool zero G honeymoon resort!
All your base are belong to us!!
Where to get the modchip the cheapest?
There is about to be a glut of them on the Austrailian market.
You better book a flight.
The last thing needed by any country is laws from Microsoft.
Paying a few more bucks is for a computer is worth the freedom.
You could probably use a cluster of these to power a larger device for 50 years.
Now that Ontario has privatized our electricity causing the rates to triple, I would really like to power my house.
I wonder how big a cluster would be needed?