Daniel Ravicher found 283 software patents that, if upheld as valid by the courts, could potentially be used to support patent claims upon the Linux Kernel. I wonder how many more for Free Software in general!
--------------------- Christopher Dimech General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - GNU Project (Geocomputation) - Geophysical Simulation - Geological Subsurface Mapping - Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - Natural Resource Exploration and Production - Free Software Advocacy > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 6:50 AM > From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support> > To: "Richard Stallman" <r...@gnu.org> > Cc: neiljer...@gmail.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, tecos...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: LSP is Microsoft's patented protocol - Re: Emacs as an Org LSP > server > > * Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> [2020-12-15 08:48]: > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > > > Do you have evidence it is not patented? > > > > That sort of question is not useful to ask. > > No one _ever_ has evidence that any given thing > > is not patented. > > I was expecting a reference where Microsoft explains it is free in one > way or the other, whereby I could not find it myself. > > Jean > >
