On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Les Kitchen <ljk@csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
2. Even though Patentology is correct in pointing that the GPL ... Plus, patents != copyright, just because they share the IP umbrella. For the most part it should be pretty trivial for an individual to not violate copyright when writing software, but it can be impossible to even know if you are violating a patent.
Yes, Tim. Agreed.
And, keeping straight the difference between copyright and patents, I notice the recent movement to criminalize copyright violation (when once it was just a civil matter).
On the "unexpected side" - Google for news along the line of: "MPAA’s Chris Dodd Admits That Calling Piracy Theft Is A Bad Idea" Not that it would matter too much (to paraphrase: "that which we call a FUD by any other name would stink as bad"). Regards, Adrian