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25-06-2005, 01:23 PM | #11 | ||
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25-06-2005, 07:45 PM | #12 | ||
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ofcourse, software patents is a stupid clause.
Let's see what I mean. I read about this in CHIP magazine May 2005 and I think it was explained very beautifully there. There is a difference between copyrights and patents. If music, literature etc. were awarded patents, then Mark Twain could have patented humorous fiction, we wouldn't have had P.G.Wodehouse. That's true. Patents, in most simple language, is a tool to kill opposition and thus no one else in the market can survive.
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25-06-2005, 08:23 PM | #13 | ||
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allso about your MT example, that wouldn't work out for two reasons: 1) when you patent something it has to be something new (I'm not quite sure how this is checked) 2)second and most important patents expire, I believe the term of their work is something like half a cetntury, but they still do, after that- comedy would be up for the grabs (and at that time it definetly would be unpatentable due to 1). 3[BONUS, since it doesn't relate to the case]) when you patent something, it's not kept in secret, moreover anyone can come and look at your Idea, they just can't use it in their designs, unless you reach an agreement of some sort with them. |
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25-06-2005, 09:07 PM | #14 | ||
Patents in software industry is a joke.
First, you cannot patent something that can be changes so easily. If you change on or two lines of code, you are out of business. Of couse you can patent to similarities as well, or every single bit of your program, but that just as good as nothing. Second, pirates and others like them don't care about patents. They just steal the code and use it as they like. I've seen a couple of pirate utilities that looked and worked just like some real applications. Copyright is another thing. It is for defending your own work, so nobody could claim is as theirs. It is an "Intellectual product" that you created, and you own it. When you purchase a software, you buy the licence to USE that product, but it's not yours.
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26-06-2005, 06:32 PM | #15 | ||
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They aren't good neither bad... They are evil. Small companies and open source developers would probably be in trouble... And we would have to buy anything from big corporations. Wouldn't make me too happy.
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27-06-2005, 10:14 PM | #16 | ||
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It's insane how much some companies charge for their products.
Compare the following and then tell me if the commercial software is worth the money: Look at these |
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28-06-2005, 08:30 AM | #17 | ||
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but where to download that freeware Linux then? One more thing, please tell me, what r its requirements( HARDWARE + SOFTWARE, if any).
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28-06-2005, 08:38 AM | #18 | ||
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The requirements are usually a little less demanding than the Windows ones. And you don't need Linux to run most of the software. Most of them are ported to Windows as well. I wouldn't recommend moving to Linux unless you're unhappy with Windows. But, as I said, you don't need Linux for most of the software on that page. |
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28-06-2005, 12:11 PM | #19 | ||
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I simply play games on my Windows based PC, listen music and sometimes need Acrobat Reader and that;s it. If you have used Linux, can u tell me if it is good for playing games or Windows are better?
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