tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post110565908891312738..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: OPEN SESAME ... BIG BLUE GETS FRIENDLYVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1130984341241024892005-11-03T02:19:00.000+00:002005-11-03T02:19:00.000+00:00Click here if your LOOKING for "No Charge Online A...Click here if your LOOKING for "No Charge Online Advertising Channels For Any Business"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1130732996391193662005-10-31T04:29:00.000+00:002005-10-31T04:29:00.000+00:00Would The Thought Of Thousands Of Other Web Site's...Would The Thought Of Thousands Of Other Web Site's All Displaying Your Content,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1130648168258613472005-10-30T04:56:00.000+00:002005-10-30T04:56:00.000+00:00Yo, This blog is pretty neat. You should check ou...Yo, This blog is pretty neat. You should check out mine sometime. It pretty much covers <A HREF="http://www.infinitemonies.com" REL="nofollow">make lots of money from home</A> related stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1107584117141665482005-02-05T06:15:00.000+00:002005-02-05T06:15:00.000+00:00Since you asked, here's an entry on my own blog on...Since you asked, here's an entry on <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Ffluff.info%2Fblog%2Farch%2F00000106.htm">my own blog</A> on the matter. It digresses halfway through, because blogs have to do that.<br /><br />In case you don't want to click through: this is purely PR, and changes nothing for the OSS community or IBM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1105733176040884812005-01-14T20:06:00.000+00:002005-01-14T20:06:00.000+00:00IBM is still promoting the use of weapons in their...IBM is still promoting the use of weapons in their own country, and they try to push the same policy in Europe. Do you trust IBM? Will you trust IBM in 10 years? in 20 years? Should I rely on their patents for my OSS product? My answer is: of course not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1105712114246807212005-01-14T14:15:00.000+00:002005-01-14T14:15:00.000+00:00Another problem is that this move from IBM does no...Another problem is that this move from IBM does not change anything for closed source SMEs. They don't have means to acquire a significant portfolio of software patents for bartering either. Add in the fact that IBM <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fmanagement.silicon.com%2Fgovernment%2F0%2C39024677%2C39126979%2C00.htm">keeps lobbying</A> feverishly to get the software patents directive through in Europe, and it's not surprising the FFII and nosoftwarepatents.com aren't particularly impressed by IBM's move.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1105697520409648402005-01-14T10:12:00.000+00:002005-01-14T10:12:00.000+00:00Before reading the above comment, I was also going...Before reading the above comment, I was also going to disagree that Open Source is predicated on giving up proprietory rights. The movement in fact is based on the idea that, in return for a royalty-free licence in respect of other people's rights, you also grant a royalty-free licence of your rights to others. <br />The value or otherwise of IBM's action surely depends critically on the subject-matter of the 500 patents concerned. I have seen no analysis of this.<br />Darren SmythAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1105678308263533372005-01-14T04:51:00.000+00:002005-01-14T04:51:00.000+00:00"Giving up the notion of proprietary rights in sof..."Giving up the notion of proprietary rights in software" is a "premise for Open Source"?<br /><br />I don't agree with that.<br /><br />The GPL and all other Open Source licenses are firmly based on the "notion of proprietary" copyright protection.<br /><br />Maybe the author wanted to say "giving up on the notion of patents". That would actually make sense.<br /><br />As for the IBM move, 500 out of 40.000 is 12.5 percent, leaving the potential threat of most other IBM software patents unchanged. However, it is a step in the right direction, even if it is maybe a small one.<br /><br />Karl-Friedrich LenzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com