captainwifi
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One man - one judge enabled software patents, had this deceived individual done so earlier the Internet might not have existed. This link http://politechbot.com/pipermail/politech/2004-April/000604.html explains that the Telco's(Vodacom, AT&T, Verizon, Telkom) didn't want the Internet, had it not been for opensource collaboration the Internet would never have existed.
[[PolitechBot]] In the marketplace, IP was a direct competitor to the private telephone companies' OSI -- that failed despite billions of dollars in direct government investment, compared to a few millions in the ARPAnet and NSFnet (predecessors of the commercial Internet). Point-to-Point Protocol, developed in open cooperation among a large number of companies, institutions, and individual consultants through the IETF. As an open source contributor, my PPP software proliferated into many projects, including proprietary products. And that's what allowed the "common user" to dial-up the Internet, leading to an entire industry of widespread Internet Service Providers.
The http://www.gridlockeconomy.com/ explains that most people don't realize how putting a cage around ideas is directly leading to environmental destruction and death. South Africa is having billions of dollars extorted by IBM, Pfizer and others via International IP laws that could result in economic sanctions should we not comply. We have very scarce foreign exchange, of which a certain % must be repatriated to the USA for using their Imaginary Property. China in most cases refuse though.
[[PolitechBot]] In the marketplace, IP was a direct competitor to the private telephone companies' OSI -- that failed despite billions of dollars in direct government investment, compared to a few millions in the ARPAnet and NSFnet (predecessors of the commercial Internet). Point-to-Point Protocol, developed in open cooperation among a large number of companies, institutions, and individual consultants through the IETF. As an open source contributor, my PPP software proliferated into many projects, including proprietary products. And that's what allowed the "common user" to dial-up the Internet, leading to an entire industry of widespread Internet Service Providers.
The http://www.gridlockeconomy.com/ explains that most people don't realize how putting a cage around ideas is directly leading to environmental destruction and death. South Africa is having billions of dollars extorted by IBM, Pfizer and others via International IP laws that could result in economic sanctions should we not comply. We have very scarce foreign exchange, of which a certain % must be repatriated to the USA for using their Imaginary Property. China in most cases refuse though.
