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Not to mention all the software written in Java ... and other things in |
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the Portage tree like VMWare ... skype ... acroread ... |
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Really ... you can take those out of the Portage tree. I can -- and |
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often do -- download them directly and install them. On Gentoo, CentOS, |
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Debian, Fedora and Windows. It won't hurt me in the slightest if they're |
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removed from Portage. |
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twofourtysix wrote: |
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>I applaud all those people on the Planet who are posting |
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>anti-software-patent banners in their blogs. It's good to see yet |
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>another major software project taking a stance. |
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>Are these people prepared to back up their views by removing from the |
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>tree all those ebuilds for software made by companies who make heavy |
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>use of software patents? That would be far more effective, and may |
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>even encourage a few mainstream tech news sources to stop ignoring the |
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>issue. I can think of quite a few software-patent friendly companies |
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>who are currently gaining significant good PR from being 'supported' |
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>by Gentoo. |
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