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Shriramana Sharma wrote:
|> AFAIK the indian government tried to change the law to accept software patents
|> but finally they got a lot of ressistance and they didn't accomplish it. So
|> there are no software patents in India and you can add support for mp3 if you
|> make your mini-SUSE.
|
| That's good. But "no software patents" does not mean "intellectual
| property not recognized", I hope. That would legalize unlicensed
| copying of Windoze...
"Intellectual property" does not mean a thing, that's a much hyped marketing term that does not
reflect anything, legal-wise.
There are just two things to differentiate:
- - copyright (= licensing)
- - patents
Copyrights are quite clear and understood, and apply almost equally everywhere.
Patents are a totally different thing, and there it very much depends on the country you live in.
Unlicensed copying of Windows is against their EULA (End-User License Agreement), which means it's
against their copyrights (their proprietary license, actually).
Please use those terms with great care, as they're very often being confused and which results in a
lot of wrong statements (especially over the whole software patent thing) ;-)
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~ -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
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