Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:23:15 +1000 (EST) From: Iain Templeton <iain@research.canon.com.au> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of the UNIX Trademark Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10110121017560.26417-100000@blow.research.canon.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3BC5592C.1E8734F6@mindspring.com>
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Terry Lambert wrote: > Most computer scientst are opposed to copyright and patents > as they are applied to software because of the duration; they > are not necessarily opposed to the idea itself. Yes, I'm aware > of Donald Knuth's state postion; I'm also aware that he owes > us 5 more books, which he has not written while futzing around > with TeX. 8-p. > > Here is a good article (Australian, even): > > http://www.rhyme.com.au/gd/patents.html > Bah, you're talking about the country that allows patents for a "circular transportation facilitation device" http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/07/03/FFXQ7G9HJOC.html Iain (And the 2001 Ig Nobel Prize for Technology) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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