In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, J B wrote:
>Okthe rumor mill is speculating that Red Hat is making moves to buy Be.
>Any word on this?
>How do you think this would affect BeOS?
Not directed solely at JB, but I've noticed a few posts here lately just
talking about open source issues and with
On 18 Dec 1999, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
> Not directed solely at JB, but I've noticed a few posts here lately just
> talking about open source issues and with no focus on women in open
> source. While I realise this list is relatively quiet and can probably
> cope with a few slightly-off-to
I'm a unix sys admin in a Silicon Valley sofware company, which actually
has a (relatively) high percentage of women in technical positions (for
example, I'm in IT, which is made up of 4 women and 8 men).
So I was pretty surprised to receive an email the other day, addressed to
three of us in IT
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> Personally, I don't think it's worth it to boycott amazon... but rather
> to deal with the real problem, the patent organisation itself. Amazon is
> taking advantage of putting a patent on something they feel is original
> material (and no, it's not
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> copyright to patents (as is in the US). Well, patents are not a good
> thing, you can tell from the amazon story (and the unisys/gif one, you
not a good thing?
tell me, if you were a struggling college student who is developing an
original data st
Excerpts from linuxchix: 18-Dec-99 [issues] Patents (was: RMS .. by
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> tell me, if you were a struggling college student who is developing an
> original data structure that has a chance to be in demand what can you do
> to proffit from your idea other than to patent it?
The same
> The same thing I'd do if I was a struggling college student who is
> developing an OS that has a chance to be in demand: release it as free
> software, and if it's as great as I think it is, I'll have no trouble
> getting a high paying job doing what I want to (at a secretive chip
> startup, per
Nicole Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are federal grants to cover the cost of patents, and they aren't
> *that* expensive. He's looked into the patent idea and consulted with a
> couple of people in the college of business.
>
> It's an original idea, not an "open" repetition of s
Louise wrote:
>
> So, I'm sure other people run into the same kind of thing. What do you
> do?
Personally?
I shrug and accept language lag. Go ahead and use 'Ladies'. It'll
encourage language to catch up to reality. :)
Jenn V.
--
"We're repairing the coolant loop of a nuclear fusion react
Laurel Fan wrote:
>
> The same thing I'd do if I was a struggling college student who is
> developing an OS that has a chance to be in demand: release it as free
> software, and if it's as great as I think it is, I'll have no trouble
> getting a high paying job doing what I want to (at a secretiv
"Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So .. is it wrong for us to investigate patents/copyright/whatever?
So long as you don't pay too much... and make sure you get at least a
second (if not third or fourth) opinion.
Also try make sure that the lawyers are qualified in the
field.
That's m
Robert Kiesling wrote:
>
> Could a person receive a federal grant if they were also in a
> publicly funded university, free or not?
Yes, students can receive federal grants for developing... it's
independent of stature as a student (applying as an *individual* rather
than a part of a *corporat
> We don't want to prevent people from legitimately solving the
> problem themselves. But we want /our/ way of doing it protected,
> at least until we've got the reasonable reward for our labout.
> (yeah, 'our'. I count chewing it over with him while theoretically
> watching 'Buffy' to be work.)
>
Nicole Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Kiesling wrote:
> >
> > Could a person receive a federal grant if they were also in a
> > publicly funded university, free or not?
>
> Yes, students can receive federal grants for developing... it's
> independent of stature as a student (app
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> If you were developing software for someone, and decided to patent the
> idea, yes, I think they could claim a right.
there are a lot of legal options here... most employees sign a contract
that diverts all their IP to their employer (remember Woz
Andross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > If you were developing software for someone, and decided to patent the
> > idea, yes, I think they could claim a right.
>
>
>
> there are a lot of legal options here... most employees sign a contract
> th
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:30:06 -0800 (PST), Andross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>there are a lot of legal options here... most employees sign a
>contract that diverts all their IP to their employer (remember Woz in
>Pirates of Sillicon valley?), and then the employer can be the patent
>holder, but no
Robert Kiesling wrote:
> Also, if the student is in the employ of the university, can the
> university claim it has a right to the work, as many companies do for
> the original work of their employees?
>
> I think the whole subject of the debate is paternalistic and
> big-brotherish, personally,
"Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If it was tangential but related to what he was employed for,
> it's tricky and the safest course for both employee and employer
> is to come to an equitable agreement on the assumption that it
> belongs to both.
>
> Basically, the employment contract is
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