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The trouble with OpenBTSThe trouble with OpenBTSPosted Feb 27, 2009 10:12 UTC (Fri) by rwmj (guest, #5474)Parent article: The trouble with OpenBTS
What strange laws we bind our own hands with. The best thing by far in this case is to simply ignore all the "intellectual property" nonsense and get on with downloading, distributing and extending the code.
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The trouble with OpenBTS Posted Feb 27, 2009 10:28 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
in that case isn't it equally fair for companies to ignore all the "intellectual property" nonsense and get on with the buisiness of copying opensource, modifying it, and shipping it in products without providing the source?
The trouble with OpenBTS Posted Feb 27, 2009 11:02 UTC (Fri) by rwmj (guest, #5474) [Link]
It's only by accident that we rely on "IP" protection for this. It is, if you like, a hack on the law
(exactly the same hack makes it possible for companies to impose onerous restrictions on you in licenses, so it works both ways, not necessarily for good). It's just another peculiarity that copyright allows companies to write extra law to apply to users of their works.
So I'd be happy for all that to go away and a narrow law to be created specifically to ensure that
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