Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 07:45:04PM -0500, Brian T. Sniffen wrote:
>> In the current patent-litigation context, a large stable of patents to
>> cross-license is considered a vitally important corporate defense
>> strategy.
>
> *shrug* That's not our problem.
>
> President Bush considers a "missile defense shield" a vitally important
> military defense strategy. That doesn't mean he's right, or that he
> deserves our support.
There's a difference between lack of support, which I endorse, and
active opposition. A license which has a cost to anyone holding a
software patent, as the currently proposed Apache license, is
non-free.
-Brian
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