-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Goksin Akdeniz wrote: >> Actually your example is not correct, because the agreement is that MS >> will not sue Novell customers as well. So - it looks like more as >> "protection business" as in the old Chicago times. Translation: We >> will not steal cars from your parking lot, so your customers are safe. >> But we do not promise this to your competitors. And this is while >> there is a good and working law against stealing.
Hello ? Wake up ? This is already the case since quite some time. Since software patents are legal in some countries (especially the US, obviously). The software patent portfolios are racketing already. What did you think it was for ? > I agree with that. Patent protection with Novell will hurt all FOSS/FLOSS > community and developers. Oh my. *plonk* > I do not want that... Neither do we, neither does Novell. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFWsZir3NMWliFcXcRAnoPAJ4iCLFCPspkDls0yCiZ/f71wWfbxwCfaFY1 nRzEmDBvVDtsP9C5w+lDSAM= =73jA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
