On Wednesday 28 February 2007 16:32:07 Alex Smit wrote: > On Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:07:04 bardo wrote: > > 2007/2/28, Alex Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The idea is nice and all, but Ballmer accuses GNU/Linux of patent > > > infrigment. And patents aren't code. > > > > I think you are missing the point here. Ballmer keeps saying that > > GNU/Linux infringes patents that belong to Microsoft, but refuses to > > tell what the infringing parts are. As is stated on the Show Us The > > Code site, free software developers are looking forward to solve the > > problem by removing the infringing parts and rewriting them in a way > > that makes them legal, but since there's a refusal to to show what > > these parts are, there's no way to exit this infinite loop. > > > > If a lot of people and personalities of the GNU/Linux world sign the > > petition but Microsoft still doesn't show the code, then it will be > > assumed that the claims aren't true and it's all just FUD, as > > frequently happens with them. That's what he was asking, if Arch > > (where by "Arch" I think we mean Judd) wants to participate or not. > > Some things might indeed be possible to rewrite. But how are you going to > solve the problem that Microsoft holds some patents on FAT. The only way to > solve that is to stop supporting FAT. That is that whole problem with a > patent it's not a thing, it's an idea. > > > bardo > > > > P.S.: please, don't top post. > > Sorry, my bad. > > Alex. > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Well last time I touched FAT was back in 1994 I think... and I'm still alive and working. -- Guillermo A. Amaral Computer Systems Engineer @ blog : http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ @ www : http://www.guillermoamaral.com/ > pkey : http://www.guillermoamaral.com/downloads/public.asc
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