From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta Subject: Re: Merry Xmas and a... OMG, what did you just say? Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:22:53 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104539229 11611 80.91.229.6 (1 Jan 2005 00:27:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:27:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, xemacs-review@xemacs.org, sxemacs-devel@sxemacs.org, steve@sxemacs.org, xemacs-beta@xemacs.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 01 01:27:02 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CkX6j-0003nI-00 for ; Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:27:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CkXHl-00065x-H2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:38:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CkXHZ-00063M-Jm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:38:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CkXHY-00062w-NY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:38:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CkXHY-00062f-KF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:38:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [69.168.110.189] (helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CkX3e-00039R-0J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:23:50 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:22:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: "Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" In-reply-to: (johann@myrkraverk.com) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31650 gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta:17600 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31650 ... In Iceland, I don't think any company or organization can suppress a contribution and I have the court rulings to back it up. That is excellent. I know nothing about Iceland. However, I have talked to people in Malaysia, Brazil, and other places besides the US. In those countries, a claim of plagerism is legally possible. It has become necessary for a developer to be able to prove to a court that he or she has not stolen a contribution. (This is not about suppressing a contribution you made; it is about someone else's rights to a contribution that perhaps he or she made.) In addition, corporations operate in Europe and the US, not just in Iceland. The world in which people may use software is not limited to Iceland. It has become necessary to think about safety in places like Malaysia and Brazil, as well as Poland, France, and Canada. What software patents? There is no such thing in europe (yet) .... Right. `Yet' is the operative word. I hope Europe never adopts software patents. As far as I can see, it is better to prevent them than to try to fight them after they have become law and gained more supporters. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc