First and Second Worlds
Sun's recent announcement that it would be releasing Java under the GNU GPL included a developer Q &A exclusively on SL.
He begins "Ideas aren't physical. Regardless of the legalities, treating ideas as possessions insults their vast combustive power." He also points back to his May, 2000 article. "It [the Net] was built like an Amish barn by hackers who made it because they needed it, ... The result was a second world — one made with code rather than matter — that embodied and expressed the long-overlooked virtues of the first"
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"There was a watershed event earlier this week that, if it develops into a trend, will force many IT folks to learn how to conduct meetings and get information in virtual spaces." Ian Lamont continues, "There is no way any developer, CIO, or reporter could be reasonably expected to attend Sun's virtual Q&A unless they invested a few hours beforehand getting up to speed on the interface."In that context, here's what Doc Searles has to say on ideas, and intellectual property.
He begins "Ideas aren't physical. Regardless of the legalities, treating ideas as possessions insults their vast combustive power." He also points back to his May, 2000 article. "It [the Net] was built like an Amish barn by hackers who made it because they needed it, ... The result was a second world — one made with code rather than matter — that embodied and expressed the long-overlooked virtues of the first"
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