Kevin Dean wrote: > The concept of "functions" in software is "covered" by a patent. The > idea of "exit codes" is covered as is the concept of "variables". > > ALL computer code, then, is subject to patents. This makes Mono as > "threatened" by patents as, say, the keyboard driver in Xorg, or > Amarok or any software which is unquestionably "free". That said, > there would be NO distro that could exist (not even MS Windows or Mac > OS X) if the existance of patents negated the use of a given software. > > gNewSense recognizes that and includes uncontested code. Since there's > never actually been a contested piece of code in gNewSense it's a > rather moot point, however. > > I personally stand against overly broad software patents on general > principal but don't think it's that big of an issue really, since > everybody in the world knows pulling the trigger would be MAD. > (Mutually assured destruction). >
+1, this is moot. Regards, Paul _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
