Quote: "Someone really needs to do something about the US patent mess, don't you think? How bad does it have to get before someone fixes it? If allowed, proprietary companies will gladly divvy up the Internet -- and every function on it that we all need to use every day -- until it ends up entirely balkanized and proprietized after all. Patents are just the ticket to achieve such a goal. All you need is typical, everyday business goals, staying within the patent system as it currently exists, and a head and heart utterly untouched by any concern for the public good.
Patents on faxing? Faxing by email? Can someone please explain to me what happened to the nonobviousness requirement? ... I gather they would like to be the only ones allowed to operate in that space. Alternatively, you can operate, but only if you cross their palms with silver. FOSS developers usually can't play that game. If J2 is successful in pulling this off, it could mean millions of people who prefer using only Free and Open Source software may find themselves unable to do so when it comes to faxing by computer. How could any legal system let that happen? I know for sure I'll never use eFax now, but if that becomes the only option, or only proprietary options are left standing, then what do I do? Anyway, that's their plan. Is it an anti-FOSS plan? I don't know. It could be your garden variety business greed. Here's what I do know. Krevlin Advisors, LLC, one of the heavy backers of SCO, is also an investor in J2. If you are curious, here's a Forbes bio on Glenn J. Krevlin. And this article might give some insight. Coincidences do happen in life every day, of course." Link: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2005080914234645 Personally, I don't believe in coincidences. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws." -- Hunter S. Thompson
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