Not surprised. We are a relatively young nation, and most of what we have is borrowed. But don madder, Its the use to which thing are put that counts, with...
Greg White
glwhite@...
Jul 5, 2001 9:57 pm
4519
was it free, or does little writting specify under what conditions it may be used without cost. Was it made publice domain, or does MS retain ownership greg ...
Greg White
glwhite@...
Jul 5, 2001 9:57 pm
4520
I dont know CURL. It obvious that this list has a lot of S*L stuff that should be catalogued. So that stuff doesnt get lost, and others can use/learn. ... ...
Greg White
glwhite@...
Jul 5, 2001 9:58 pm
4521
I am of two minds regarding patents. Some things I immediatly give over to public domain. But other things need to be kept under control, if they are to be...
Greg White
glwhite@...
Jul 5, 2001 9:58 pm
4522
I am of two minds regarding patents. Some things I immediatly give over to public domain. But other things need to be kept under control, if they are to be...
Greg White
glwhite@...
Jul 5, 2001 9:58 pm
4523
... That's a fairly ridiculous argument. You give CURL a URL, and it returns the retrieved Web page as a file. How is that substantively different than a ...
gep2@...
Jul 5, 2001 10:51 pm
4524
... used without cost. Was it made publice domain, or does MS retain ownership What difference does that make regarding the price of tea in China? In any...
gep2@...
Jul 5, 2001 10:58 pm
4525
<< As we all know, it's common to "buy" employees with key knowledge, _especially_ when these are *not* the key innovators, but just greedy minor...
dewar@...
Jul 5, 2001 11:02 pm
4526
<<was it free, or does little writting specify under what conditions it may be used without cost. Was it made publice domain, or does MS retain ownership ... ...
dewar@...
Jul 5, 2001 11:02 pm
4527
... should be catalogued. So that stuff doesnt get lost, and others can use/learn. FWIW, CURL is a freeware, batchable command-line program (indeed, like...
gep2@...
Jul 5, 2001 11:20 pm
4528
- On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 gep2@... wrote: ...snipped... - ... - Yep, you sure have my number! MS' .NET has obsoleted COM. It's silly to go back _one_more_...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jul 5, 2001 11:34 pm
4529
- On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 dewar@... wrote: ...snipped... Mike ... - ... - In theory, you are -- of course -- correct. Having tried to get recourse, as a...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jul 6, 2001 12:06 am
4530
<<In theory, you are -- of course -- correct. Having tried to get recourse, as a "practical_matter", I can assre you that the protection provided by trade...
dewar@...
Jul 6, 2001 4:10 am
4531
... the ... (whether as a ... If the command processor were persistent, that might be acceptable, but let's assume you're processing 100,00 records (or more)....
Gregg Ney
gney@...
Jul 6, 2001 4:27 am
4532
[reminder: we're talking about CURL here for http: and ftp: access] ... the ... (whether as a file or via a pipe or something else)? ... let's assume you're...
gep2@...
Jul 6, 2001 11:14 am
4533
My opinion on software patents: According to the US Constitution, patents exist for a specific purpose (promote progress of science and useful arts) by a...
Andrew Koenig
ark@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:35 pm
4534
dewar> In each case, the issue is whether or not the patents promote dewar> progress, if they do, then fine, if not, then they are dewar> unconstitutional. I...
Andrew Koenig
ark@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:42 pm
4535
<<It seems to me that the fundamental idea is a kind of bargain with the government: In exchange for protection against others using one's ideas for a while,...
dewar@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:58 pm
4536
<<I would argue that the real question is whether the patent system as a whole promotes progress, not whether every individual patent promotes progress. ... We...
dewar@...
Jul 6, 2001 3:03 pm
4537
- On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 dewar@... wrote: ...snipped... Mike ... Robert ... - Actually, I am generalizing from doing this for 20+ years. During this time I've...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jul 6, 2001 5:44 pm
4538
<<Two issues here...: 1. I'm asking for alternatives to protecting the IP, created by the innovative folks at our investments. Incentives _must_be_...
dewar@...
Jul 6, 2001 5:55 pm
4539
- On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Andrew Koenig wrote: ...snipped... - ... ..and... On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 Robert Dewar wrote: ...snipped... - ... .. ... - I agree with all of...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jul 6, 2001 8:12 pm
4540
... Unfortunately, as Apple and many other firms have discovered, technical superiority does not consistently result in marketing superiority, nor in revenue...
Dennis Newbold
dennisn@...
Jul 6, 2001 10:26 pm
4541
<<Unfortunately, as Apple and many other firms have discovered, technical superiority does not consistently result in marketing superiority, nor in revenue...
dewar@...
Jul 7, 2001 1:39 am
4542
I always thought that copyright was more applicable for written code than a patent. But then you people in usa can even patent genes that don't belong to you....
Greg White
glwhite@...
Jul 7, 2001 2:25 am
4543
Help! I'm currently retyping the original Spitbol 360 patches from listings. The typing is easy. The verification is painful! Does anyone have the original...
Bob Goldberg
gman_bob@...
Jul 7, 2001 11:02 pm
4544
- On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 dewar@... wrote: ...snipped... - ... - ??? New here |||...: It this "Intellectual Property Rights", other? Thanks. Mike - - ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jul 9, 2001 5:02 pm
4545
right IPR = intellectual property rights ......
dewar@...
Jul 9, 2001 5:16 pm
4546
... From: "Andrew Koenig" <ark@...> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <snobol4@...> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 9:34 AM Subject: Re:...
Dave Feustel
dfeustel@...
Jul 10, 2001 12:35 am
4547
Perhaps a professional trade secret, may sometimes be better than a patent, secrets are very often disclosed, but patents are nearly always broken. I have...
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