![]() More than anyone else, Richard Stallman is driving the GPLv3 debate (although Eben Moglen is clearly another crucially important figure). Without the option of installing IE 7 at work, they are likely to turn to Firefox, Wilcox said. That's good, but even better is the timing:įor many businesses, the move to Vista could take a year and a half or more, analysts say.Īs a result, many people who get IE 7 at home through Microsoft's automatic update service will likely find IE6 lacking. So, we're through the crucial stage, where Firefox is only downloaded by enthusiasts, to that of corporate acceptance. Last year, only 26 percent of such businesses were willing to do the same. The number of businesses allowing employees to download the Firefox Web browser soared this year, and at least one analyst believes the recently released Internet Explorer 7 could boost use of Firefox in companies.įully, 44 percent of businesses with 250 employees or more allow workers to download Mozilla Corp.'s open-source browser at the office, according to a survey conducted this year by JupiterResearch. ![]() Hm, maybe I need to change my views on WIPO. The newly industrialized countries had countered calls for further harmonization by demanding that such harmonization go hand in hand with, for example, improvements in the quality of the process by which patents are granted and effective protection of traditional knowledge against possibly unfair exploitation by international companies. The industrialized countries suffered a setback at the WIPO General Assembly in September. Moldenhauer other forums such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the World Health Organization (WHO) are better suited to the task.Īnd why has G8 suddenly gone off its darling WIPO? Well, The interest they have in this dialogue is likely to consist above all in putting pressure on the newly industrialized ones," he said. "The G8 are made up almost exclusively of rich industrial countries. Oliver Moldenhauer of Netzwerk Freies Wissen told heise online that he thought the G8 summit was not the proper forum for discussing intellectual property rights. Here's a tiny little straw in the intellectual monopoly wind:ĭuring their next meeting the G8 governments should engage those of the five newly industrialized countries the People's Republic of China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico in talks about intellectual property, representatives of the German federal government elucidating the proposed agenda for the next G8 summit meeting in June said during a briefing while commenting on the latter's motto "Growth and Responsibility."Īnd why is that interesting? Well, because Halting deforestation seems a way not only to slow down global warming, but to address many other issues like species loss and even poverty. Curbing deforestation is a highly cost-effective way to reduce emissions largescale international pilot programmes to explore the best ways to do this could get underway very quickly. The loss of natural forests around the world contributes more to global emissions each year than the transport sector. Maybe I'm just an incurable optimist, but I was particularly pleased to read this point: The first is catastrophic, when the earth's environmental system is so far out of kilter that it changes dramatically the second is rather more positive - the moment when enough people get what is going on, and start doing something effective to avert or at least mitigate the effects of the first tipping point. Kudos to the UK Government for commissioning it - and for making it freely available.ĭespite its portentous message, I find its appearance - and of an increasing number of similar reports - strangely heartening: I can't help feeling that we are close to not one but two tipping points. It is also meticulous in detailing the situation. From all of these perspectives, the evidence gathered by the Review leads to a simple conclusion: the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting.īut as I commented before about a similar case, what makes this report so important is that it coming from the establishment, not from groups who would be expected to make statements like that above. This Review has assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs, and has used a number of different techniques to assess costs and risks. The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change is a serious global threat, and it demands an urgent global response. The conclusions of the Stern Review will not come as any surprise to readers of this blog:
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