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A comment on Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight. Parent comment

Re:Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies l... by rsp1984 on Friday April 28, 2017 @08:10AM (#14218735)
Code, content, project assets, documentation, etc...
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Re:Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies l... by andreyf on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:47PM (#14221507)
Yes. All very different from "car, house, boat".
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Re:Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies l... by rsp1984 on Friday April 28, 2017 @02:02PM (#14221649)
The meaning of the word "property" extends beyond "car, house, boat".
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Re:Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies l... by andreyf on Friday April 28, 2017 @04:09PM (#14222666)
Sure, but certainly not to code, content, project assets, and documentation.

RMS explains the difference and the intention behind the confusion well: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.en.html

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