From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rudy L. Zijlstra" Subject: Re: implementing reiserfs in C++ for a new OS Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:55:01 +0200 Message-ID: <4119ECF5.4060605@edsons.demon.nl> References: <71d3364904080706112e72fb6b@mail.gmail.com> <20040809172437.GP1284@nysv.org> <71d3364904080922267e8c14af@mail.gmail.com> <200408101312.48888.reiserfs-list@quinnh.org> <4119273E.1040104@namesys.com> <20040810211951.GU1284@nysv.org> <41194690.5050908@namesys.com> <1365645117.20040811065416@tnonline.net> <20040811073959.GV1284@nysv.org> <4119D468.8080104@futuretg.com> <20040811090033.GX1284@nysv.org> <4119EA9B.7090503@futuretg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <4119EA9B.7090503@futuretg.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: "Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando" Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Markus_T=F6rnqvist?= , reiserfs-list@namesys.com Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando wrote: > Markus T=F6rnqvist wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 10:10:16AM +0200, Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando wrote: >> =20 >> >>>> The reason Bell got his product pushed to the market was that he >>>> could patent it first. >>>> =20 >>> >>> False. >>> =20 >> >> >> Why then? >> >> Meucci did not have enough money to push it? >> So Meucci had bad luck, that's life, unfortunately. >> =20 >> > Meucci open the file for copyright before Bell, but seems it is=20 > necessary to renew each year. > > Therefore, he don't renew. > > The word "inventor" in the US, means generally "rich". This have=20 > another sense outside America, or > for immigrant people. > > Aren't the two of you confusing copyright and patents? In my shortened=20 laymen terms, a copyright is about the expression, a patent about the=20 idea (and the expressions of it). Cheers, Rudy