Commons

Hi! I am Geshan Manandhar, a Bachelor's of Information Management (BIM) graduate. Currently I am working as a developer (PHP) at Young Innvovations Pvt Limited.

Apr
16

Patent pooling to access patented knowledge for innovation

Submitted by geshan on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 20:10


A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.
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Jan
21

CCPlus opening up new horizons?

Submitted by geshan on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 05:32
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Oct
12

Information is Public good, why Copyright?

Submitted by geshan on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 20:52
What do you think is information in this digital age? From a technical point of view information in the current era is anything that can be digitized or encoded in a stream of bits can be tagged information. It can be text (words you are reading now), graphics (photos, art forms etc), sound (music, voice etc) or video (animation, movies, music videos etc) or any other mixed form of the above mentioned forms as multimedia.
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Oct
12

Information is Public good, why Copyright?

Submitted by geshan on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 20:52
What do you think is information in this digital age? From a technical point of view information in the current era is anything that can be digitized or encoded in a stream of bits can be tagged information. It can be text (words you are reading now), graphics (photos, art forms etc), sound (music, voice etc) or video (animation, movies, music videos etc) or any other mixed form of the above mentioned forms as multimedia.
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Sep
25

Free and Open Source Software Advantages

Submitted by geshan on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 20:12
Open source is the next big thing for desktops; it is the back bone of the internet and all the servers running widespread around the world.
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Sep
25

Free and Open Source Software Advantages

Submitted by geshan on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 20:12
Open source is the next big thing for desktops; it is the back bone of the internet and all the servers running widespread around the world. So why do people use FOSS, some advantages include:
1.    The availability of the source code and the right to modify
2.    The right to use the software in any way
3.    Core software is free
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Aug
23

How deep is Microsoft’s Lock-in???

Submitted by geshan on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 20:24

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Aug
23

How deep is Microsoft’s Lock-in???

Submitted by geshan on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 20:24

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Aug
14

My Understanding of the Commons Concept

Submitted by geshan on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 07:34
Common is defined as shared by or coming from more than one or belonging to whole community by the oxford dictionary. In the current context commons is a concept that underlines the idea of any common resource that is available to all but can be locally defined or specifically as "everybody belongs to category x". Commons is an age old tradition mainly practiced in the East/south. Like the common village land, common water source etc. Similarly, commons is of two types primarily they are physical resource and human made resource.
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Aug
14

My Understanding of the Commons Concept

Submitted by geshan on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 07:34
Common is defined as shared by or coming from more than one or belonging to whole community by the oxford dictionary. In the current context commons is a concept that underlines the idea of any common resource that is available to all but can be locally defined or specifically as "everybody belongs to category x". Commons is an age old tradition mainly practiced in the East/south. Like the common village land, common water source etc. Similarly, commons is of two types primarily they are physical resource and human made resource.
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