Furthering respect to intellectual property rights (was: [ox-en] "Open Source Solutions Showcase" Week : May 27-31, 2002 (fwd))
- From: Stefan Merten <smerten oekonux.de>
- Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 21:43:08 +0200
Hi Russell and all!
Yesterday Russell McOrmond wrote:
"Open Source Solutions Showcase" Week
May 27-31, 2002
Very interesting - especially I'd visit the business people telling
why they like Free Software - if I would be closer to Ottawa ;-) .
* Promote respect for intellectual property law, because civil servants
can rely on legal off-the-shelf open source software to open and work
with files that they receive in proprietary formats.
This I find an particularly interesting point because is is - as far
as I have seen yet - never brought up in German discussions, but at
some regular basis in North American ones. I remember Robert
Chassell(?) from the FSF mentioned exactly that point in a talk he did
in Braunschweig: Free Software helps (young) people to stay legal.
I guess in Germany no one would officially admit, they are using
pirate copies...
Mit Freien Grüßen
Stefan
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