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twofourtysix wrote: |
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> On 05/07/05, Robert Paskowitz <r2d2@g.o> wrote: |
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>>You have encouraged gentoo to remove patent-encoumbered software from |
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>>portage. I'd like to see you personally work with only software that |
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>>does not contain any patented work. |
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> No, I have encouraged Gentoo to remove software written by companies |
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> who are strongly behind software patents. Big difference. It's so easy |
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> to get software patents in the USA currently that it's likely that |
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> every single thing in the tree is covered by some bogus software |
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> patent. However, in most cases, these patents are not held by the same |
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> people who are making the software. |
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Actually, you'd be suprised. _Quite a few_ companies, quite actively |
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involved in promoting Linux, also, have quite a few software patents, |
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that directly affect things like the Linux kernel. Some of these |
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companies own quite big chunks of the Linux kernel source. |
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So your suggestion is neither practical, nor does it help the patent |
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case in any way shape or form. |
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