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On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:32:48PM +0200 or thereabouts, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> This has stirred up quite a lot of noise lately. We are here asked to check |
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> out if it is in Gentoo's best interest to put out a public statement against |
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> software patents and, if so, how we would make this statement (for instance |
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> with a link on the front page). |
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It has been discussed previously on the mailing lists. I'm too lazy to |
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look up the old thread, but, as with most things Gentoo, nobody agreed on |
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anything and, at the end of the day, nothing was done. |
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My personal opinion: we have a hard enough time developing a high-quality |
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distribution that meets the needs of our users. We don't need to go |
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meddling in politics, too. |
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--kurt |
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