> > This is just a hunch, but, perhaps FOSS projects are more popular than normal > because of the patent system. It's much more difficult to sue the _creator_ > of a FOSS project for patent infringement; some bigcorp might join in, and > the last thing a troll wants is to be challenged in court as that might > render their patent permanently unenforceable. There's virtually no money to > be had. It's even worse for PR than usual, etc, etc. As a creator of a > project, the reduction in risk when you FOSS your library vs. charging a > moderate price for it is possibly convincing some programmers to go the FOSS > route vs. trying to sell it if patent risk wasn't a concern.
these guys do not care about PR. Trolling is a source of funding. troll Omni will require for 50,000,000,000 in patent fees to satisfy their funders demands for ROI. And FOSS projects are abandoned when trolled. Hell, even commercial ventures are abandoned when trolled. The troll just takes the IP. Long story short, this is not a nice system and the people playing are in it for the money and they don't give rats ass about you or your project or your IP or the guy or company they bought the patent off of, nor do they care about PR or just about anything else... only the lifestyle this broken system is going to fund for them. Regards, Kirk > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/7p5hQXSgL7gJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
