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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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Heh, notice mine's not amongst them... but it will be. I'm carefully |
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constructing my post now. :-) |
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"Better to keep your mouth shut, and people think you're a fool, |
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than to open your mouth and remove all doubt" |
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-- Confucious |
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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? |
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Why stop there? Why not extend it to hardware manufacturers that make |
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heavy use of patents? |
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Good luck finding a decent video card for that lovely desktop of yours. :-) |
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In all seriousness... perhaps maybe allowing users to mask packages that |
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have a particular licence? I'm not sure there, but that would be one |
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solution. I personally don't think it's necessary to go as far as |
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removing the ebuilds though... after all, it's not the ebuild that's |
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covered under the patent. :-) |
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