Just this morning I was posting on Twitter about how I had to go through the hassle of contacting customer support of JoikuSpot to ask them to release the license code from my old phone, which was stolen, so that I could install the app on the new replacement phone. I sent the e-mail on [...]
In a recent article, Gennady Stolyarov II explains how writers can prosper without intellectual property. The idea behind the copyright law is that authors need patrimonial rights over their creations in order to incentive their work. Some people argue that it wouldn’t be possible to earn a living and create art if it were not [...]
From: Ubersoft, under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License
People believe the laws should reflect the interests of the society. They argue that copyright laws is important to incentive private parties to produce new content so that in the long term everyone will have access to a richer culture. Maybe that was the original intent, but today it mostly serves to protect the distributor [...]
September 24th will be the World Day Against Software Patents.Although the day celebrates an achievement that has been made at the European Parliament five years ago, there is still a lot to be done. Visit http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/ to learn what else can me accomplished and how you can help.
Found this license today. It is cute. This work ‘as-is’ we provide.No warranty express or implied.We’ve done our best,to debug and test.Liability for damages denied. Permission is granted hereby,to copy, share, and modify.Use as is fit,free or for profit.These rights, on this notice, rely. (c) 2005 Alexander E Genaud
