-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > On 13/02/07, *Daniel Watkins* > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > 1. Why do you want to increase the profits of a company that uses > > software patents to extort cash? Particularly given the threat that > > software patents pose to Free Software. > I'm not. I want them to Free their drivers. > > > This is what, so that you can hang it on the wall? > > Or perhaps to run one of the printers that you bought from them - > thereby increasing their profits. Or perhaps for the reasons I've already covered. But no, I was just messing around when I wrote those.
> > 2. Persuading Kodak to open source their drivers is not a "win for the > > Free Software movement" as you so "snootily" put it. It's begging for > > support from some company that has no respect for its users. > It is a win for the Free Software movement. It is also begging support > from some company that has no respect for its users. > > > Anything that helps patent trolls succeed in business is actually a > significant loss for everyone. And anything that Frees more software is a significant win for everyone. > Neat that - releade unde GPL ithut blishing thource. That sentence doesn't make any sense! Oh, wait, did I edit it? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0kDz3arasOikFPYRAq3QAKC7Ca0vXSweezM1Zk1kH3JyX6uqEQCfa574 pYpUE28kzlsG1lzsf92n5gg= =mkwg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
