On Fri August 25 2006 01:10, Thomas Vecchione wrote: > And that is my point, the fact something like this CAN be > trademarked, or would need to be is completely a sign > something is wrong, and people have gotten to ridiculously > uptight about things. Yeah, the whole patent/trademark/copyright/"intellectual property" thing has gotten way out of hand. The strategies being adopted by various free software and open source related entities are a response to that, dating back to the formation of the FSF 20 years ago. They may be ridiculous, but assuming these tactics are effective, they're absolutely necessary. Even if some of the participants are still hobbyists, software is totally a business now. Rob
