On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:07:17 +0000 Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:56:41AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > >On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 11:07:55PM +0000, steef wrote: > > > > > >>maybe of some interest in a general sense > > >> > > >>ip_watch > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Free, Open Software Supporters Advocate Against Microsoft > > >> Document Standard > > >> > > >>http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=941 > > >> > > > > > >And this is news for you? Where have you been hiding in the last > > >year? > > > > > >The article itself is quite confusing. Which is quite expected > > >of a site using a confusing name such as "intelectual property". > > > > > Just so you know: "intellectual property" is a well-known term of > > art covering such things as patents, copyrights, trademarks and > > licenses > > > > It's sort of hard to have a meaningful discussion of open source > > issues if you don't understand the basics of intellectual > > property law and practice. > > I'm not a lawyer. I'm a programmer. But I learned a bit about laws. > Hopefully enough to know when I need to ask a lawyer and what. > > I know about copyrights laws. I know about patent laws. I know about > trademarks. I know about property laws. I know of contract laws. > I am not aware of any intelectual property laws. > A starting place may be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property -- Raquel ============================================================ May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers! --Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
