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Re: Swiss govt agency declares Linux/OSS crapware "not a sufficiental
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Swiss govt agency declares Linux/OSS crapware "not a sufficientalternative to Microsoft products" |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:28:28 +0100 |
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
> In gnu.misc.discuss Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:
>
> > Alan Oh Paragon of Guh-N? Linguistics Mackenzie wrote:
>
> > [... amusing nonsense ...]
>
> > Geistiges Eigentum in German is what "intellectual property" in English
> > you silly.
>
> What an amazing assertion! Do you have any evidence to back that up?
I've already provided the "evidence" silly.
Try also
http://www.ip.mpg.de/ww/de/pub/aktuelles.cfm
(Max-Planck-Institut für Geistiges Eigentum, Wettbewerbs- und
Steuerrecht)
and click on "English".
You'll get
http://www.ip.mpg.de/ww/en/pub/news.cfm
(Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax
Law)
Geistiges Eigentum <==> Intellectual Property
Got it?
>
> "Geistig" does not mean "intellectual", except as a subsidiary meaning.
> Its primary meaning is "spiritual" or "religious", or perhaps "mental".
> As I said, "geistig" is cognate with "ghostly".
>
> > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geistiges_Eigentum
>
> > "Unter Geistigem Eigentum (auch intellektuelles Eigentum, engl.
> > intellectual property) werden absolute Rechte an immateriellen G?tern
> > verstanden.
>
> Yes. "Immateriellen Guetern" = "ghostly goods" or "immaterial goods" or
> "goods lacking any substance". It cannot be "intellectual property".
Intellectual property is a form of intangible property you idiot.
Stocks and bonds are other forms of intangible property.
>
> > Geistiges Eigentum wird daher auch als Immaterialgueterrecht
> > bezeichnet. Inhaber eines solchen Rechts ist z. B. der Anmelder eines
> > Patents oder der Schoepfer eines urheberrechtlichen Werks. "
>
> Seems likely. But there's no "property" anywhere in all that. There's
> copyright, which is an abstract right, not anything of any material
> substance.
All the euros on your bank account is your intangible property silly.
No?
Go to doctor Alan.
regards,
alexander.
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