Re: Merry Xmas and a... OMG, what did you just say?

... In Iceland, I don't think any company or organization can suppress a contribution and I have the court rulings to back it up. That is excellent. I know nothing about Iceland. However, I have talked to people in Malaysia, Brazil, and other places besides the US. In those countries, a claim of plagerism is legally possible. It has become necessary for a developer to be able to prove to a court that he or she has not stolen a contribution. (This is not about suppressing a contribution you made; it is about someone else's rights to a contribution that perhaps he or she made.) In addition, corporations operate in Europe and the US, not just in Iceland. The world in which people may use software is not limited to Iceland. It has become necessary to think about safety in places like Malaysia and Brazil, as well as Poland, France, and Canada. What software patents? There is no such thing in europe (yet) .... Right. `Yet' is the operative word. I hope Europe never adopts software patents. As far as I can see, it is better to prevent them than to try to fight them after they have become law and gained more supporters. -- Robert J. Chassell bob(a)rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc