Creative Commons promotes standard license expression
Posted by: Anonymous
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on May 15, 2008 06:13 AM
I think everyone appreciates the machine readable CC format.
Additionally, the current "patent issue" seems to be a tough one in GNU. The wording still needs working out a lot. For instance, is a maker of video cards violating that clause for publishing their drivers with a GPL license, as they require a product that has patented technology, often in firmware?
Another thing that pisses me off on the patent issue is the whole source of the contravercy. Not a single lawyer in the DVD-CSS cases have yet to argue "Patent Experation" that the user bought their patent rights when they bought their DVD drive, and the software by it's very nature requires one. Someone seriously has to put their foot down on the DVD consortium for making DVD-ROM users buy copies of their patent for the following hardware and software: CDROM Drive, accelerated video card, accelerated audio chip, software codecs, 3rd party software drivers, player GUI software, and every single DVD they purchase. This is an obvious case of patent experity. I can see it, and I'm not even a lawyer.
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Creative Commons promotes standard license expression
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 69.81.75.87] on May 15, 2008 06:13 AMAdditionally, the current "patent issue" seems to be a tough one in GNU. The wording still needs working out a lot. For instance, is a maker of video cards violating that clause for publishing their drivers with a GPL license, as they require a product that has patented technology, often in firmware?
Another thing that pisses me off on the patent issue is the whole source of the contravercy. Not a single lawyer in the DVD-CSS cases have yet to argue "Patent Experation" that the user bought their patent rights when they bought their DVD drive, and the software by it's very nature requires one. Someone seriously has to put their foot down on the DVD consortium for making DVD-ROM users buy copies of their patent for the following hardware and software: CDROM Drive, accelerated video card, accelerated audio chip, software codecs, 3rd party software drivers, player GUI software, and every single DVD they purchase. This is an obvious case of patent experity. I can see it, and I'm not even a lawyer.
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