On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 05:02, Alan Cox wrote: > > > There are also a lot more young people in countries like Brazil, and a > > > much more "go do it" attitude as opposes to "go sue it". > > > > But Alan, that's what confuses me the most. Corporate US is nuts about > > inflicting pain on software (some) pirates and sending IP to a country > > that has absolutely no laws to protect this "property" seems very > > ambiguous. I apologize in advance, I don't mean to be offensive but this > > part of the world is well known for soft piracy. > > I don't follow your reasoning. Brazil has copyright laws and patent > laws. It also (as do many countries) has lots of software piracy. I > don't see what it has to do with where you put your business - they'll > get pirate copies wherever you put it 8)
I guess you have a point with respect to Brazil, is this true for mid-eastern countries like India? Do they honor US patent laws? It seems that farming out like this would put a companies product at unnecessary risk. --
