Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Maverick ] on Wednesday 06 June 2007 05:16 \__
>
>> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>threats about IP
>>>
>>>
>>> How come that you failed to clarify that "there is no such thing as
>>> intellectual property", dear Kent? Running out of RMS' Kool-Aid or
>>> what?
>>>
>>
>> M$ has made the IP claim, but hasn't shown their cards yet. When will
>> that happen? So far, all I see is a load of FUD.
>
> Over something that cannot be patented (almost nothing can/should be
> patented).
>
> Alexander Terekhov is a useless anti-GPL troll. Don't feed it...
>
He's not right bright, either. There is no formal definition of
Intellectual Property, rather, it is a catch-all term which includes
copyright issues, patent issues and trademark, plus also perhaps others,
too. Which is rather the point. I hope Microsoft think that they're
getting their money's worth from this chap - I'm not so sure that they
are.
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