[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Ffork - OpenPBX.org

[Kenneth Shaw]

Now that we have gotten so amazingly off-topc on this discussion board,
I too would like to contribute as far off topic as I possibly can. So,
without further ado, I give you the lyrics to Imagine, by John Lennon:


                                Imagine
                                    
                       Imagine there's no heaven,
                         It's easy if you try,
                           No hell below us,
                           Above us only sky,
                         Imagine all the people
                          living for today...
                                    
                     Imagine there's no countries,
                          It isn't hard to do,
                      Nothing to kill or die for,
                            No religion too,
                         Imagine all the people
                        living life in peace...
                                    
                         Imagine no possesions,
                          I wonder if you can,
                      No need for greed or hunger,
                         A brotherhood of man,
                         Imagine all the people
                        Sharing all the world...
                                    
                       You may say I'm a dreamer,
                       but I'm not the only one,
                    I hope some day you'll join us,
                    And the world will live as one.

Nothing further needs to be said regarding the fork -- the OpenPBX.org
people are doing it and no amount of talk will stop them. If the
Digium/Asterisk owners believe there is a legal issue with the fork,
then they have the right to pursue judgement in court. So let's move
back to the business of Asterisk business, and back to making money with
a product that currently exists (Asterisk), and that we all are
currently using (Asterisk) and what this mailing list is about
(Asterisk).


On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 03:40 -0400, Paul wrote:
> Craig Guy wrote:
> 
> > You'll usually see these as being design patents.  I remember looking 
> > up a patent number on my garden hose sprayer once, it was a patent on 
> > the design itself or some such.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> Often they will patent something like the way the hinge clips to the top 
> of a cheap plastic beverage container. This type of thing was happening 
> long before software patents. They call it protection but it is really a 
> form of bullying the competitors. Anybosy with a molding machine can 
> turn out ice cube trays and cereal bowls.
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <digium-list at 9ux.com>
> > To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
> > <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Ffork - OpenPBX.org
> >
> >
> >> trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:13 -0400, Paul wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I really don't see how any government can afford to properly 
> >>>> evaluate patent applications with the fees they collect. They 
> >>>> charge the same fee for salad spinners and codecs.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> And you get about the same results, there are some really silly patents
> >>> out there.  Some as simple as 2 C instructions.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Funny thing is how you see patent numbers and patent pending on a lot 
> >> of simple one-piece plastic items. I look those new ice cube trays 
> >> and laundry baskets over carefully and never find anything obviously 
> >> innovative.
> >>
> >> I'm sure that's the case with the salad spinner. He couldn't get a 
> >> patent on centrifugal force unless he put a microcomputer and 
> >> software into the product. :-)
> >>

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Kenneth Shaw
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