The courts have repeatedly ruled [For example Kitchens of Sara Lee, Inc Vs. Nifty Foods Corp (1959, CA2 NY)] that brand names, trade names, etc. are not copyrightable. [For anyone that cares, those are usually trademark issues]
That claim in the case was therefore properly ruled against... Not for any issue of free speech, but for being a bogus claim.
Note that since the slashdot article the hosting organization has gone in and made an editorial change with a comment pointing out that the 10 million number is a typo.
Worse, even if you assume that they mean bytes, 10 million of them don't add up to the claimed 10 Gig capacity. There are a number of problems with this report.
Does it make me more marketable in a job hunt? Probably... but it has been a lot of years since I've tried.
But does it make any difference at the current job? No, not really... and it is an uphill battle to release open source software in an environment where there is a worry about whether or not my doing so will mean that they lose out on possible revenue.
I get a lot of support at the lower levels (such as my supervisor, and the director of the department.) But when it comes to the institution level things get more paranoid.
But I still release open source software, and others here do as well... some battles are worth fighting.
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The courts have repeatedly ruled [For example Kitchens of Sara Lee, Inc Vs. Nifty Foods Corp (1959, CA2 NY)] that brand names, trade names, etc. are not copyrightable. [For anyone that cares, those are usually trademark issues]
That claim in the case was therefore properly ruled against... Not for any issue of free speech, but for being a bogus claim.
Note that the online article has been corrected, and there is a note there saying that 10 million was a typo.
Note that since the slashdot article the hosting organization has gone in and made an editorial change with a comment pointing out that the 10 million number is a typo.
Worse, even if you assume that they mean bytes, 10 million of them don't add up to the claimed 10 Gig capacity. There are a number of problems with this report.
Does it make me more marketable in a job hunt? Probably... but it has been a lot of years since I've tried.
But does it make any difference at the current job?
No, not really... and it is an uphill battle to release open source software in an environment where there is a worry about whether or not my doing so will mean that they lose out on possible revenue.
I get a lot of support at the lower levels (such as my supervisor, and the director of the department.) But when it comes to the institution level things get more paranoid.
But I still release open source software, and others here do as well... some battles are worth fighting.