-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ____/ ml2mst on Saturday 21 March 2009 10:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote: >> ____/ Doug Mentohl on Tuesday 17 March 2009 18:49 : \____ >> >>> 'the purpose of this portfolio is defensive .. because of the threats of >>> companies that are hostile to FOSS and that have amassed large >>> stockpiles of overbroad patents' >> >>> 'Although there have been some recent questions about one of our patent >>> applications relating to the AMQP specification, they appear to >>> originate in an attempt to spread FUD. Theres no reasonable, objective >>> basis for controversy' >> >>> http://www.press.redhat.com/2009/03/17/discouraging-software-patent-lawsuits/ >> >> It's not really FUD. >> >> The former head of the FFII is sure to publicise information which suggests >> that Red Hat is not or was not serious about ending software patents. People >> should not let them off the hook so easily. > > I enjoyed Pieter's comments on BN, but I am pretty confused here. What > does it mean, is Redhat becoming another patent troll or am I > misinterpreting this? No, but it just doesn't do enough to combat swpats. In some ways, it adds to the problem. > What I recently learned from BN and especially Pieter Hintjens is that > we (Europeans) are in trouble. The software patent lobby (of course led > by the Evil empire of MICROS~666) is marching on and nobody pays > attention and that the FFII has become corrupt (pretty much like ISO). > Please correct me if I'm wrong. Corrupt? No, it's just a lot less active. > I have signed a petition against the legalization of software patents in > Europe several times, but it is not working to well, is it? Nokia/Symbian caused damage. > So what I am asking of you, my fellow Europeans is to stay allert and > fight software patents as much as we can. > > It is a fact that we, Europeans copy most of Americans behavior, > unfortunately we are starting to copy their stupidity as well more and > more. Please don't let it happen. DMCA... > NO SOFTWARE PATENTS IN EUROPE! > > SweatyB (the übermaroon) can scream all he wants. > > Have a nice weekend ;-) > > Cheers, Mart > - -- ~~ Best of wishes "Monopoly raises two classes of problems for a free society. First, the existence of monopoly means a limitation on voluntary exchange through a reduction in the alternatives available to individuals. Second, the existence of monopoly raises the issue of “social responsibility”, as it has come to be called, of the monopolist." --Milton Friedman http://Schestowitz.com | Free as in Free Beer | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E Load average (/proc/loadavg): 2.22 1.66 1.31 5/278 8314 http://iuron.com - semantic search engine project initiative -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknE3qUACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7sMwCfSyfkSSL3nqc95QrP4mOTQJuc 8IsAoJVkyGvzM8oPZtkIXNakjZ4qaIFk =wVps -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
