On Jan 30, 2008 7:17 PM, Drsolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Dude VanWinkle wrote: > > > On Jan 30, 2008 2:14 PM, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > - -- "Dude VanWinkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >I didn't think it was an attack against open source software, but > > > >rather a patent on "virus scanning on ftp and smtp gateways" > > > > > > Why? It's a valid patent -- it was invented & implemented by our > > > (now CEO) Eva Chen. > > > > While that may be true, I still think it is a douchebag thing to enforce. > > > > If someone started charging all for "transmitting information over a > > physical medium" and I had to pay for talking, I would call a spade a > > spade and say "that sucks". > > > > It doesn't make it any different that I am friends with someone who > > works at the company in question. > > > > Do all AV companies pay Dr. Solly for "checking code for malicious > > activity"? > > No, because I was too stupid to patent it.
I prefer to think that you were too nice to patent it :-) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
