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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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> > I applaud Gentoo's |
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> > efforts in displaying the banners, but so long as Gentoo continues to |
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> > assist and advertise for the very companies who are pushing for |
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> > software patents, I do not see it as a particularly credible protest. |
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> > Would it not be better to avoid becoming involved in the issue |
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> > entirely if one is not prepared to back up a cute little banner with |
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> > actual actions? |
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> > |
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> Gentoo has made no such efforts. Some developers have taken it upon |
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> themselves to make their feelings heard. For those that don't |
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> instinctively realise that planet.gentoo.org agregates stuff writen by |
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> individuals, the following notice is at the bottom of the page: |
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> |
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> Views expressed in the content shown above do not necessarily represent |
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> the views of Gentoo Linux or the Gentoo Foundation. |
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Oh come on. The planet is a service provided by Gentoo, with content |
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provided by Gentoo developers, which is hosted on a Gentoo domain, |
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presumably using Gentoo hardware. A cute disclaimer doesn't change its |
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status. |
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If you seriously think that content provided via the planet is not |
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representative of Gentoo views, I invite you to try posting something |
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really offensive to it and see how long it lasts. If it remains |
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uncensored, I'll accept that Gentoo as an organisation has no |
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influence over the content. Otherwise, by moderating the contents, |
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Gentoo is implicitly accepting responsibility for the items which |
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remain. |
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