</para>
<indexterm><primary>Asia, commercial piracy in</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>piracy</primary><secondary>in Asia</secondary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>open-source software</primary><see>free software/open-source software (FS/OSS)</see></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>free software/open-source software (FS/OSS)</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>GNU/Linux operating system</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Linux operating system</primary></indexterm>
</para>
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<indexterm><primary>Boland, Lois</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm id='idxpatentandtrademarkofficeus' class='startofrange'><primary>Patent and Trademark Office, U.S.</primary></indexterm>
<para>
What was surprising was the United States government's reason for
opposing the meeting. Again, as reported by Krim, Lois Boland, acting
is supposed to be about: giving individuals the right to decide what
to do with <emphasis>their</emphasis> property.
</para>
-<indexterm id='idxboland' class='startofrange'><primary>Boland, Lois</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm id='idxbolandlois' class='startofrange'><primary>Boland, Lois</primary></indexterm>
<para>
When Ms. Boland says that there is something wrong with a meeting
<quote>which has as its purpose to disclaim or waive such rights,</quote> she's
whether Republican or Democrat. My only illusion apparently is about
whether our government should speak the truth or not.)
</para>
-<indexterm startref='idxboland' class='endofrange'/>
+<indexterm startref='idxbolandlois' class='endofrange'/>
<para>
Obviously, however, the poster was not supporting that idea. Instead,
the poster was ridiculing the very idea that in the real world, the
It might be crazy to argue that we should preserve a tradition that has
been part of our tradition for most of our history—free culture.
</para>
+<indexterm startref='idxpatentandtrademarkofficeus' class='endofrange'/>
<para>
If this is crazy, then let there be more crazies. Soon.
</para>