Re: Old subject: Patents and hardware implementations

2001-12-14 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 09:33:53PM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > [...] > > My personal opinion is that this is ok. This does not conflict with > the DFSG because this is not software we are talking about and until > now I haven't read a convincing argument that is does indeed relate to >

Old subject: Patents and hardware implementations

2001-12-14 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Hi people, I'm rehashing an old subject mostly because I'd like to save Branden trouble in the near future (how kind of me... nah). Back in June 2000, James Treacy asked about the SGI Free Software License B. Go look at the archives if you are interested in the whole discussion. One of the