Re: NASA releases parts of mars robots sotware package as open source.

Jan Panteltje writes:
Intel (the chip maker) copyrighted the word 'inside', and started suing
websites that had somehow the word 'inside' in it.

You can't copyright a word. Intel registered INSIDE as a trademark. You
only infringe a trademark when you use it to sell an item similar to what
it was registered for in such a way as to potentially confuse the public.
A trademark owner has no power over nominative use of the mark or over any
use which does not involve using it as a label to sell something.

mm, some more noise from them and I drop Linux, libc and the whole ***.
DO YOU HEAR THAT OSI?

The kernel and libc developers have no connection with OSI. Why do you
want to "punish" them for OSI's perceived crimes?

I can do the same with OSI definition of open source no problem.

How do you propose to meaningfully boycott a definition?

To many lawyers, maybe they should take up programming and shut up.

Maybe you should take a look at what OSI actually is and what they have to
say before flying into a rage. Hint: OPEN SOURCE is not a trademark of
OSI.
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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