Roy Schestowitz wrote: > ____/ 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.
So they are not pulling another Microvell? >> 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. So in fact they leave Free Software activists and those who advocate Open Standards in the dust? >> 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. Isn't Nokia the current owner of QT? Quite promising <NOT> and on the other hand we have Miguel the Shitcaza, hoping to screw up Gnome with his MONO crap. *Great* >> 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... Ugh <chuckle> >> NO SOFTWARE PATENTS IN EUROPE! > >> SweatyB (the übermaroon) can scream all he wants. Thank you for the explanation. Me thinks the Free in Free Software is going bye bye (1) this way. Not amused :-( (1) copied from the film "The Matrix" -- |_|0|_| Marti T. van Lin |_|_|0| http://ml2mst.googlepages.com |0|0|0| http://osgeex.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
