Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:42:14 -0400 From: Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix Message-ID: <4DFC1086.2070602@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20110617004745.e5245e96.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4DF9174F.50708@danskdatacenter.dk> <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110616152941.GL5630@external.screwed.box> <201106161154.06300.rsimmons0@gmail.com> <20110616162032.GN5630@external.screwed.box> <3d43539af0e60964a0406b8df304f16c.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <20110616182011.GO5630@external.screwed.box> <20110616184620.GB68867@guilt.hydra> <20110616192133.GP5630@external.screwed.box> <1B9EDB7CFB3ABCAA2E566153@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110617004745.e5245e96.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 6/16/2011 6:47 PM, Polytropon wrote: > There is another important term, but I'm not sure how to > translate it properly. In German, it's "Schaffenshoehe", > refering to the "level of work you put into creating it". > This finalizes in patent law. To make sure nobody can make > money out of "trivial patents", such as patenting the > word "or" and forcing everybody to pay a license fee for > using it, there is a certain barrier that prohibits > copyright claims on "too simple things". When a lot of people think of Unix as an OS these days they probably think of SCO; And another German word comes to mind when I think of SCO; Schadenfreude ;) -gore
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