Free Software contributors threatened as individuals with patents?

2017-01-25 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello everybody, I recently had a discussion which made me wonder: does anyone of you know someone who was directly threatened with software patents; either someone in the function as a volunteer contributor to Free Software, or self-employed? To clarify: it is not about companies being threatene

Re: Free Software contributors threatened as individuals with patents?

2017-01-25 Thread Mirko Boehm
>From what I know, this rarely happens, if at all. On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:29 AM Matthias Kirschner wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I recently had a discussion which made me wonder: does anyone of you > know someone who was directly threatened with software patents; either > someone in the func

Re: On working with free software

2017-01-25 Thread Satish Bysany
Hi agger, > ... may only deliver software under an OSI-approved > license, practically speaking either GPL or LGPL version 3 or Mozilla > Public License version 2. I'm wondering about your long-term monetization . I presume that you're charging fee for your software. Let's say that you deliver

Re: On working with free software

2017-01-25 Thread agger
Hi Satish Thanks for your response? ... may only deliver software under an OSI-approved license, practically speaking either GPL or LGPL version 3 or Mozilla Public License version 2. I'm wondering about your long-term monetization . I presume that you're charging fee for your software. We'