[ale] OT: sort of it is about OSS

[Jay Lozier]

On 02/15/2013 11:36 AM, Jeff Hubbs 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 
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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.
I forgot one. Moxie is the name of a soft drink which dates from 1885 
and still produced. The term moxie may be derived from the beverage (an 
old ad campaign?)

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