____/ Linonut on Sunday 17 February 2008 15:33 : \____
> * pinguin0 peremptorily fired off this memo:
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>> First of all, hi ! I'm an italian penguin, waiting to take his first
>> step in the right direction.
>>
>> As far as I know, if I develop something using open sourced tools (under
>> the GPL) I can publish it as a shareware and/or freeware and/or open
>> sourced product under my name (I'm the owner of the product) as long as
>> the code is accessible by others.
>>
>> Now the "italian question": is GPL apllicable also in my country and/or
>> European Union? Or do I have to pay the local RIAA (SIAE) taxes as I'm
>> publishing something as an intellectual property? I'm a bit confused.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No such thing. Copyright and matter are a separate issue.
> http://www.fsf.org
It talks about intellectual monopolies, among other things.
The Italian government is moving to Linux even on the desktop. It might soon be
a whole land of penguins. Venice will freeze.
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