-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ____/ RonB on Saturday 21 March 2009 19:05 : \____
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:38:19 -0500, Roy Schestowitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> ____/ 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. There’s 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. > > So... are you against any commercial sales of Linux? No, see the following for details: http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/18/amqp-patents-red-hat/ http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/21/novl-rht-software-patents/ I too defended Red Hat on this until I discovered the other side of the story. > Red Hat has stated > (over and over) that their patents are for defensive purposes. The company > depends on open source development to survive. Do you think that, at some > point, they'll say "Okay, we can take it from here, no more open > development... it's all ours now" Have they done ANYTHING to indicate that > this is the direction they will be going in the future? > > Some people seem to be willing to cut off their noses to spite their face. > I just don't get it. - -- ~~ Best of wishes Roy S. Schestowitz | Download Othello: http://othellomaster.com http://Schestowitz.com | GNU/Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E Mem: 2075800k total, 1660792k used, 415008k free, 12460k buffers http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknFTfgACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7h0gCgs0QYBph1MkscdvcKPQOqPp9O ebgAoJf1p8zXXH8ZobFlKWS+gPedYVh3 =Xw17 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
