twofourtysix wrote: > On 05/07/05, Robert Paskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>You have encouraged gentoo to remove patent-encoumbered software from >>portage. I'd like to see you personally work with only software that >>does not contain any patented work. > > No, I have encouraged Gentoo to remove software written by companies > who are strongly behind software patents. Big difference. It's so easy > to get software patents in the USA currently that it's likely that > every single thing in the tree is covered by some bogus software > patent. However, in most cases, these patents are not held by the same > people who are making the software.
Actually, you'd be suprised. _Quite a few_ companies, quite actively involved in promoting Linux, also, have quite a few software patents, that directly affect things like the Linux kernel. Some of these companies own quite big chunks of the Linux kernel source. So your suggestion is neither practical, nor does it help the patent case in any way shape or form. -- ____ _ Stuart Longland (a.k.a Redhatter) / _ \ ___ ___ __| |__ __ __ Gentoo Linux/MIPS Cobalt and Docs - (_) \ / \ ; \(__ __)/ \ / \ Developer \ // O _| / /\ \ | | | /\ | /\ | / / \ /__| / \ \ | | | \/ | \/ | (___/ \____/|_; |_| \_/ \__/ \__/ http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
