Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario | From | Bernd Petrovitsch <> | Date | Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:24:18 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 17:43 +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 12:06:54AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: [....] > > donations. This movement has spawned a global attitude that has no > > respect > > for IP rights, and it's extended itself to no respect for human rights, > > or any other rights > > of the indivdual. That's the legacy this has left and the ultimate > > conclusion. > > Less respect for IP rights - possibly. Perhaps that's a good thing though,
Not at all - *much* more respect for IP rights then ever before. The problem is the raised awareness yields problems for old economy corporations which rely on segmented markets with a relatively small number of competitors (so that you can actually handle all the patent and license issue[0]) and the rest are private folks which can't afford going to court after $CORPORATION took some piece of "work" (i.e. usually software) and sells it as part of a e.g. WLAN access point without paying for it a cent.
> some of us thinks such rights are a bit overrated.
Bernd
[0]: And we all know the licenses and patent "fees" are not more than an insurance for not getting sued by the issuer of the license. -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services
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