"Matt Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It would seem that the linkage of open source software and patented
> > technology is awkward to say the least. What use is open source if
> > it is patented?
>
> I'll take "User Confidence" for 20, please.
It would not be "open source" if the patent is not licensed freely,
since the basic requirements of the "open source" definition would not
be met. With the GPL, the patented technology is required to be
licensed freely to everyone. I do not know what license ZKS is using
tho, since I don't recall them actually releasing source code yet.
Let us hope that ZKS freely licenses the patents when distributing the
source.
Patents are just fucked anyways.
--
Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Free Scheme/Lisp Software http://www.red-bean.com/~craig
"Hiding like thieves in the night from life, illusions of
oasis making you look twice. -- Mos Def and Talib Kweli
