Re: implementing reiserfs in C++ for a new OS

["Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando" <gorlando@futuretg.com>]

Markus Törnqvist wrote:

>On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:44:59AM +0200, Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando wrote:
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>>Meucci open the file for copyright before Bell, but seems it is 
>>necessary to renew each year.
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>Copyrights are not filed, patents are.
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Yes. is the patent, not the copyright.

He don't have the money to pay the renew the patent.

>Are you sure you're not mistaken in words here?
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>>Therefore, he don't renew.
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>How stupid of him.
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>>The word "inventor" in the US, means generally "rich". This have another 
>>sense outside America, or
>>for immigrant people.
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>I have never heard of a rich inventor, except the chance to get money
>by producing the invention.
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Well. If an inventor have no money is a BIG problem, however actually
in the GPL times, it is very easy to release a software also with no money.

>>>"Tekijänoikeus suojaa teoksen kirjallista tai muuta asua, ei asiasisältöä."
>>>Copyright protects the literary or other presentation of a work, not the
>>>factual content.
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>>This is bad. The code or documentation explains the ideas, and must be 
>>copyright in the same mode are the ideas itself.
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>The idea is not copyrighted or patented or protected in any way, but the
>code is.
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This is bad and incorrect for me.

> There is a difference there.
>Of course the idea can be patented in some degenerate country like the US
>and it seems the EU is making the same mistake, but technically the idea
>can not be protected. And should not be.
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The US is not a degeneated country. Do you stay in the US sometime?

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>>Yes. Actually today it is also possible to configure the kernel 
>>graphically, but my idea is better.
>>I need time that I have no actually.
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>I know how you're feeling.
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>I have also many projects for which I haven't had time, so I've given
>them away to see if anyone else would do it and I would help and give
>ideas. All in freedom and free software.
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>Maybe you should talk to the KDE guys about your idea that they would
>implement it more like you would, both of you would win.
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>>If you comment to KDE people something that does not exist, and after 
>>your comment exist something similar
>>you need simply do a small sum: 2+2.
>>Be stoled by someone that re-offer it under GPL your idea, cause some 
>>bad humor.
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>You gave it to them, whose fault is that?
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I comment what we will do. They release a version. However, actually is 
not important.

>>>Respect should come from respecting someone else.
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>>In 1987 or so, Chinese and people for Taiwan and Japan go around the 
>>world and comment:
>>"We will copy your product and do it better". Today, Taiwan and Japan is 
>>probably the best
>>place for electronic components worldwide.
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>Sure. And we let them do it, whose fault is that?
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>>Different companies here in Italy, about manufacturing suffering some 
>>fraud from Chinese companies
>>that re-produce the hardware for car testing and stole the clients. Do 
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>Fraud?
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>If they do it better, where's the fraud?
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No they copy 100% the same machine for car test.

>I mean, what's stopping Italy from doing it better than China?
>Berlusconi? C'mon, you could still compete with China, it's not like the
>world's biggest army is holding you in siege.
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>>will someone open a case on China
>>for copyright contacting chinese attorneys?. Very complex and expensive.
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>I don't know how the car is patented, I'm sure it is, but still everyone
>has the right to set up a car shop and build the things.
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>This is one of the points of free trade. Everyone's equal and free,
>so if someone pushes out better products, you respond by making an even
>better product.
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>I fail to see the point in whining about something as glorious as this.
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>>I see the entire software industry going to disaster because some young 
>>boy release a similar program
>>at no cost. No one may compete with free. In any this is a complex 
>>global problem.
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>Of course you can compete with free, fight free with free, make a better
>free solution.
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>It's like a*x=a*y => x=y
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>>>I must confess I haven't seen Tron...
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>>You don't know Tron, because probably you are too young.
>>Tron was made by Walt Disney (Buena ventura). It is dated 1982.
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>I know such a movie exists, but not much more. I'm also born in 1982 ;)
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>>Jeff Bridges, a young programmer in a small company was stoled by its 
>>game program. A friend of him write a program
>>that inspect information, and also some time ... the owner of the 
>>company was fired because he claim to be the author
>>of the game and Jeff Bridge then get the 'expected' money and respect.
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>Yeah, I should see it.
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OK.

Thanks,
Giovanni


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