[plug] TSG code identified, it's from Unix v6 published in 1976

[Shayne O'Neill]

You can patent genes, but the big guy in the sky owns the copywrite. (Or
miss nature if your in my mindset).

*aaaaaanyway*

Doesnt IBM own the patents to half the junk SCO are claiming copywrite
over?

Imagine the whacky situation if both are right. SCO own the code, and by
not licencing the patent they had no right to write it in the first place.

I think the judge at that point would probably adjourn court and kick back
on frozen-bubble. Perhaps on a bsd box.

Shayne.
(Whos gotten bored of filling SCO's piracy report webform with daily
complaints about a company called caldera breaking the GPL. Harasment is
fun however.)


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-Aesop.
Shayne O'Neill. Indymedia. Fun.
http://www.perthimc.asn.au

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Cameron Patrick wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 06:14:45PM +0800, Scott Middleton wrote:
>
> | You seem to know what i was talking about. Do you know the companies
> | name doing the "suiting"? I was interested but missed the majority of
> | it. I didn't even know you could patent genes, can you copyright them as
> | well? Please enlighten me!  :) Off-list if you like.
>
> Monsanto are one of the major companies with patents on DNA, but I'm not
> sure if they were the ones in the case you mentioned earlier.  They have
> done some pretty ugly things in the past so it wouldn't surprise me.
>
> And re. what Bernd said about patents and copyrights being completely
> different animals:  legally this might be true, but either can be used
> for lawsuits-as-business-model companies.
>
> Cameron.
>
>