User:Wyl.newland
Please review http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2005-01/msg00200.html to understand the context. I am using the absence of a "wikiverse" topic in Wikipedia as an example (please forgive me if I am in error) of why an FSF umbrella intellectual property license needs to include terms and conditions concerning trademarks. As best I understand the matter, had the original wiki designer simply put a (tm) after their chosen name for the "universe of all wiki works", the whole confusing matter might have played differently.
I have invited dignitaries from the FSF to review this page to understand why I believe improperly handled trademarks creates a nuisance risk to the free software community. The loss of a linguistic semiote is not a grave risk but it can impair the success of a product marketing rollout. Good designers always consider the sound-byte effect of how a product will play in the minds and hearts of consumers. There is no reason I know of why a product designer shouldn't judiciously sprinkle their product concept documents with a few choice "(tm)" marks. DISCLAIMER. I have no formal legal training and advise all persons to seek the advice of a trained professional before applying anything I say here.
When I first began studying the nature of the Wikipedia I sought a page explaining the mathematics inherent in the implemented data structures. I figured the best place to start was with the definition of the universe. I didn't find "wikiverse" and was about to add that topic when I paused to consider that there must be mathematicians about and they would surely not overlook the obvious. I saw enough of the tale of woe to realize that I needed to simply makeup a work for the time being.
If some kind person would add the URL to the mathematical discourse I would sincerely appreciate the shortcut. Once I see the math then I will be able to explain to myself some of the interesting puzzles I have encountered. I offered one process suggestion on another page but I see it was erased. I tried to explain how the sandbox could be applied in a manner beneficial to all concerned. I have been dealing with intellectual property flow mechanisms for twenty five years and believe I will have some helpful suggestions to offer, once I figure out the normative behavior of this place. I don't mean to sound like a whiner, but I want to explain the thoughtfullness that preceeded my transgression.
After mid-March and once I know the proper topic for the mathematical "universe of wiki" discourse, I will gladly put anything I have to say where it belongs.
The digital intellectual property universe (the "dipverse(tm)" is a trademark established by first use in commerce within wikipedia.org on January 2, 2005. It is a trademark, owned by the producers of the dipverse(tm), applied within and upon works within the dipverse(tm) when referring to the collection of dipverse(tm) people (producers and consumers) and the collections of all works which share all the following three (3) attributes:
#1 When a dipverse(tm) work constitutes a public disclosure of a patentable idea (Title 35, U.S. Code http://www.uspto.gov/), the inventor grants an irrevocable license for the royalty-free embodiment of that patent into any device deployed via copyleft distribution means. The inventor retains all rights for commercial development of their patent provided that three percent (3%) of the gross revenues of the sales and service of said commercial device is paid among any local Rotary Club, Rortary International (to be used in accordance with its 4way Test) and/or unto any of the projects chartered for the purpose of producing, storing, distributing, and modifying the works comprising the dipverse(tm) and/or the Free Software Foundation. An inventor within the United States has one year to file a patent application before the patentable idea becomes prior art. Any commercial person wishing to file a patent application on behalf of the inventor, must contact the inventor directly to negotiate any additional terms and conditions; AND,
#2 When a dipverse(tm) work constitutes a copyrighted work of any lawful form (Title 17, U.S. Code http://www.copyright.gov/), that work is licensed under a copyleft license (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html). When any claims of the copyleft license disagree with the patent bifarcation principle of the dipverse(tm) as stated above, then those patent claims of the copyleft license are voided and superceded by the claims of the dipverse(tm); AND,
#3 When a dipverse(tm) work contains a proposed trademark (Title 35, U.S. Code http://www.uspto.gov/) and is properly affixed with a suitable trademark claim or registration mark and has been properly researched upon the Internet for possible conflict, that trademark is used royalty free and with, or without, citation in all works of the dipverse(tm). When the mark is used within a work outside the dipverse(tm), that work must provide a URL to the root page of the mark. That root page of the mark must be within the dipverse(tm). The dipverse(tm) mark may be affixed upon works within the dipverse(tm) and may never be affixed upon any work which is not within the dipverse(tm)
A single work comprises all stated or implied patent, copyright and trademark claims as listed in the three conditions above. Any trade secret lawfully published in the dipverse(tm) receives the same patent and other rights enjoyed by all dipverse(tm) works.
This dipverse(tm) work is a patent claim over all aspects of the intellectual property flow systems comprised of works meeting the above three characteristics. Any commercial application of the dipverse(tm) software systems are subject to the royalty payments stipulated above. A dipverse(tm) under any other name is still the dipverse(tm).
The full rights under the dipverse(tm) may be claimed under the Peoples Intellectual Property License—the PIPL license, that is to say, the license of the PIPL of planet earth.
stub for an intellectual property lawyer to improve and untangle the words of this concept. If the three principles of the PIPL license are suitable amended and codified by the Free Software Foundation, then inventor of the dipverse(tm) agrees to disclose the theory and design of the dipverse(tm) within the lexicon of wikipedia.org or any other place recommended by the Free Software Foundation. This condition applies to the real person producing under the pseudoname “Wyl Newland, Inventor” Further it applies to all his inventions now known or later devised. This wording is to be construed as a binding offer unto the Free Software Foundation.
P.S. I searched the Internet and found no reference to “dipverse” which is why I chose it. Having no particular stake in the final name chosen, I care mostly for principles of this idea.Thank you for whatever help you can render. wsn00 23:03, 2005 Jan 2 (UTC) 20050105 17:02 CST.
This page was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipverse but upon request I moved it here.