[vox] Outlaws redux

R. Douglas Barbieri vox@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:50:22 -0800


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On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 08:46:43AM -0800, Nicole TWN wrote:
> At 12:40 AM 11/19/2003, you wrote:
> >My point is to give Pete a practical suggestion.  There's no
> >way a legal department is going to bless the idea of giving
> >away IP.  If it's not championed by someone with a broader
> >vision, it's dead.  Therefore: find someone else in a
> >decision-making capacity to talk to, or give up.
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> I'm with Rod.  Someone in authority needs to help them see past the scary=
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> "give away code" to the "painless way to generate tremendous goodwill and=
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> community".

I also think these guys are confusing GPLing code versus releasing code
into the public domain.  The former means you still retain the copyright
and ownership rights.

> --nicole twn=20
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