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Re: (GPLWear,GPLWearcomp,GPLW,WCCoop,Circuitwear,WGPL

From: "Jon 'maddog' Hall, USG Senior Leader" <>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 98 11:41:18 -0500

I see a lot of GPL in the description.  I assume this is to keep the design
and software components "free".  This can be done through the proper trademark
of whatever name you select as a "Certification Mark", as long as you specify
that the object has to be freely distributable in order to get the mark.  This
leaves you the ability to handle multiple different types of licenses without
tying it to just one.

I like the concept of "wearable computers" because they are always there.
Notebooks were there more than my desktop, PDAs more than my notebook....but
still not enough.  All of these you have to "turn on", and some you have to
"boot".

I also like wearables because they are always "connected", and connect me, to 
the web.

I would like wearables to be unobtrusive, omni-present, an extension of my
senses, and (through the Internet) an extension of my mind.  They are a
direct connection from the Internet to my conciousness.

I guess I like "OmniPresent", kind of a cross between "Omnipresence" (of being
everywhere) and the "present" (as in here and now....not somewhere else, and
not way in the future).

As an extra added attraction, there are only four documents that AltaVista
could find that matches "OmniPresent", and none of them seem to relate to
a product called "OmniPresent".

My two cents.

md
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