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On Wednesday 27 August 2003 02:13 pm, Markus Nigbur wrote: |
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> On 27 Aug 2003 22:33:32 +0200 |
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> Aug 27 21:34:17 * klieber happens to support software patents. |
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It's amazing to me that any open-source developer would agree with software |
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patents. Just on a random search of the US patent office, I found that I (and |
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probably each and every one of you) are guilty of patent infringment - daily. |
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Have you ever used a computer to initiate a remote session - ssh? vnc? X? |
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Look up patent 6,611,865. Be thankful HP hasn't started suing everyone under |
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the sun. |
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While you're at it, look up 6,611,268. Then look up all patents where the |
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Assignee is Microsoft or HP. Then think about the implications of the SCO |
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lawsuit and what these companies can do if the courts don't reject SCO's |
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argument. There is a major differnese between software patents and |
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copyrights. Copyright=good. Software patent=bad. |
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/me crawls back into his hole |
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Matt |
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http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7D81740A |
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