https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/tags/copyright/ Recent content in Copyright on Open Source Currency Hugo en-us Sun, 13 May 2007 05:07:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/05/13/gift-economy-of-a-mystic/ Sun, 13 May 2007 05:07:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/05/13/gift-economy-of-a-mystic/ <p>A recent <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ot/books_paulo_coelho">article</a> about <a href="http://paulocoelhoblog.com/">Paulo Coelho</a> (a Brazilian writer whose works are filled with mysticism) describes how his bookshelves collapsed one day and he realized he was hoarding things he didn&rsquo;t need. So, now his shelves are empty and he regularly leaves his books on park benches and other places when he is done.</p> <p>In another way to play with <a href="http://sinetgy.org/jgb/articulos/libre-software-origin/">&ldquo;free as in libre&rdquo;</a> and profit, Coelho has had a third of his upcoming novel posted on his <a href="http://paulocoelhoblog.com/">blog</a>, only removing the text when the book was released in print.</p> https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/05/11/software-and-patents/ Fri, 11 May 2007 13:40:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/05/11/software-and-patents/ <p>A lot of people who understand and enjoy Open Source Software don&rsquo;t necessarily realize one of the main problems with the way the Software industry entrenches itself in a way to remove the ability to innovate form the general public and society as whole..</p> <p>Software is a mutant in the sense that it can be both copyrighted and patented. The article <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/software_aint_patentable_damnit_part_2">Software ain&rsquo;t patentable, damn it! (2)</a> points out the difference fairly well while discussing a <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/software_aint_patentable_damn_it">legal case</a> putting junk patents at risk.</p>