[ale] OT: sort of it is about OSS

[Jim Kinney]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:

> On 2/14/13 10:43 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
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>> Has anyone seen this?
>> http://pyfound.blogspot.com/**2013/02/python-trademark-at-**
>> risk-in-europe-we.html<http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html>
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>> Are trademarks treated differently that patents? To me it just seems
>> like a pile of crap that someone can come along and do that to someone
>>
> Yes.  Patents are a temporary monopoly on an idea, granted by government
> in exchange for full disclosure.


And they should be dropped entirely.


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