Vou lamentar profundamente se o emulador sumir, mas a IBM tem lá sua
razão nesse imbroglio.
Não vejo qual. Quer dizer que não enxecar o saco através de patentes é
uma caridade da IBM e o direito ao desenvolvimento a programas em código
aberto deve ser limitado pelo interesse dessa corporação.
E daí que eles tem mais patentes que um projeto livre tenha de clientes
(ou mesmo de desenvolvedores)...
Deixa eu desinverter uma frase:
Não foi o otimismo que nos custou o Hercules (que eu pessoalmente nunca
usei), foi a ganância da IBM...
O otimismo é o que nos leva adiante apesar de tantos e tão poderosos
inimigos e falsos amigos como a IBM provou ser...
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Vítor Baptista<lis...@vitorbaptista.com> wrote:
IBM is threatening to pursue legal action against TurboHercules, a company
that sells services relating to the open source Hercules project, an
emulator that allows conventional computers with mainstream operating
systems to run software that is designed for IBM System Z mainframe
hardware.
In a letter that IBM mainframe CTO Mark Anzani recently sent to
TurboHercules, Big Blue says that it has "substantial concerns" that the
Hercules project infringes on its patents. The letter is a brusque
half-page, but was sent with nine additional pages that list a
"non-exhaustive" selection of patents that IBM believes are infringed by the
open source emulator.
This move earned the scorn of well-known free software advocate and patent
reform activist, Florian Mueller. In a blog entry that was posted Tuesday,
Mueller fiercely criticized IBM, accusing the company of abusing its patent
portfolio and harming open source software in order to retain monopolistic
control over its expensive mainframe offerings.
"After years of pretending to be a friend of Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS), IBM now shows its true colors. IBM breaks the number one taboo of
the FOSS community and shamelessly uses its patents against a well-respected
FOSS project," wrote Mueller. "This proves that IBM's love for free and open
source software ends where its business interests begin."
He contends that IBM's support for open source software is insincere. As
evidence of the company's hypocrisy, Mueller points out that two of the
patents that IBM listed in its letter to Hercules are included in the list
of 500 patents that IBM promised to not assert against open source software
in 2005. Mueller is convinced that the patent promise was a manipulative
attempt to placate government regulators.
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/ibm-breaks-oss-patent-promise-targets-mainframe-emulator.ars
--
Vítor Baptista
Comissão Organizadora
IV Encontro de Software Livre da Paraíba
6, 7, 8 e 9 de Maio de 2010
Estação Ciência, Cultura e Artes Cabo Branco
João Pessoa, PB.
http://www.ensol.org.br
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