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Main Forums => Political Opinions => Topic started by: p5ych0t3ch on December 29, 2010, 01:36:36 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101229/bs_nm/us_allen_suit
I think this is pretty ridiculous, he sues everyone but Microsoft. That is probably because he worked there/helped create it. But owning intellectual rights to parts of the internet? Really?
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But owning intellectual rights to parts of the internet? Really?
Did you actually READ the article?
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Yes I did, did you?
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If you own a patent, then you have the right to sue should someone else infring on that patent. Its the entire reason for patents, to protect the intellectual property.
Now does Paul Allen need to sue for money? No. And he probably isn't doing it for money. It is to stop the infringement on the patents, and the best way to do that in the business world is not to ask politely, but to sue the pants off them as to make an example. It's a harsh thing to many of us pleebs, but you do not establish empires in business by being nice.
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True, but wouldn't advancements on the internet and the way it works fall under public domain? I mean, Linux is a modified Unix, Unix is the base code of the internet is it not? So why shouldn't advancements on the way the internet works be covered by a copyleft instead of patents? I just think that the pride of having made such advancements used to be enough for programmers but now it has become a struggle of who can get richer faster.
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Private companies invest far more into the internet than the public, and not everything using Linux or Unix is free. As for the programmers, I know many programmers, some of which are VERY good, and while all take pride in their work, none of them work for free and they all want more.
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Methinks he's going to lose if anyone challenges it. They've spent so long allowing it to happen that it would be impossible to claim that it's for protection of the IP and patents or prove substantial loss due to violation.
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Private companies invest far more into the internet than the public, and not everything using Linux or Unix is free. As for the programmers, I know many programmers, some of which are VERY good, and while all take pride in their work, none of them work for free and they all want more.
The OS's consisting of Linux or Unix only cost what it took to produce, no profit is made by those that distribute it, that is what the copyleft on such material guarantees. Any software developed from a Linux or Unix kernel is only legally distributable by that guideline. So in all essence all Linux or Unix software is free from the standpoint of the developer.
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True, but wouldn't advancements on the internet and the way it works fall under public domain? I mean, Linux is a modified Unix, Unix is the base code of the internet is it not?
Incorrect. Linux does not share any code with Unix.
So in all essence all Linux or Unix software is free from the standpoint of the developer.
Linux, yes. But unless it's an open source flavor of Unix, there are still intellectual property rights to deal with. Not all Unix is free. Most, in fact, are not.
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Ah, alright thank you for clearing that up for me.
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some things just shouldn't be allowed to be patented
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Some things are not allowed to be patented.
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LIKE MY BUTT LOL!!
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I have it copyrighted though.
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She does have a very lickable butt.
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I've seen it up close (well it was covered in jeans, but it looked mighty fine) and in person. I might have some pics around somewhere on the backup HD at home.
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She does have a very lickable butt.
J00 Knotty!!
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I also did get to leg hump-needles.
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Who hasn't?
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In person! Lots of people haven't in meatspace.
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As much as I enjoy the discussion on how lickable detta's but may be (I wouldn't know, haven't seen it in person as of yet...), do we just declare the topic at hand dead?
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What topic?
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Yeah! Stop derailing this thread, TerrorDronze! :x
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Topic is dead. Long live the topic!
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