twofourtysix wrote: > I applaud all those people on the Planet who are posting > anti-software-patent banners in their blogs. It's good to see yet > another major software project taking a stance.
Heh, notice mine's not amongst them... but it will be. I'm carefully
constructing my post now. :-)
"Better to keep your mouth shut, and people think you're a fool,
than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
-- Confucious
> Are these people prepared to back up their views by removing from the
> tree all those ebuilds for software made by companies who make heavy
> use of software patents?
Why stop there? Why not extend it to hardware manufacturers that make
heavy use of patents?
Good luck finding a decent video card for that lovely desktop of yours. :-)
In all seriousness... perhaps maybe allowing users to mask packages that
have a particular licence? I'm not sure there, but that would be one
solution. I personally don't think it's necessary to go as far as
removing the ebuilds though... after all, it's not the ebuild that's
covered under the patent. :-)
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