I'm concerned that nearly everyone seems to be looking at this from a
parochial perspective. 

I live in the United States, but a huge percentage of this list does
not. It's not necessarily a given that everyone cares about US
patent infringement or the threat of civil suits, whether they work
exclusively in the web or not. For that matter, it's worth pointing
out that not everyone is in a position to care about the first
amendment to the US constitution.

I've always disliked the tyranny of the minority. The people who
squawk the loudest get what they want. To me, it makes just as much
sense for them to find their own patent-free safety list as it does
for the rest of the readership to change their behavior--which is
good because eliminating patents from the main discussion list is
never, never going to happen as long as we allow people to post from
e-mail.

// jeff


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