From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 6 00:42:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E031D106566C for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 00:42:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942128FC08 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 00:42:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhfs35 with SMTP id s35so2421763yhf.13 for ; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:42:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=EbYGWDJzj7kPU3JlIHcgvduhsoZOG7vAGp2IYt8cI+0=; b=f/R39ETwnrgIp+hLG9b2nOq2huxgZUOylgqkPEyHX8vK/fPv5RKtZkwF/eravvLgXk gHLY1ZKrx8kIhM7lSAclc2oDYsVW+W5m75iVUoIxhkBSb8QZPUQ0qQSvsccYEKrzVaRE dvx2wjexf11/0dq+JW0AKicUAwfMBawE+bTqB0RjtGWqzONTRdK6Z/chj11v8npUcmKR htTbvzFlW0BeeqWTDDlV6eVSNqwdXzIIKP3ypbooFUJfaj9NccLETklzxgTOvKi2Vm0Q oh6zXGa4tSoQ0tLxhOEIFm/Yp/0r4e8DEwlg1KLqVnT8Uj545S/BpHv5Ka9TLfEi398k esOw== Received: by 10.100.236.39 with SMTP id j39mr2597578anh.35.1344213758015; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from papi ([187.113.166.75]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e16sm14034748ani.22.2012.08.05.17.42.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:42:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:43:21 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120805214321.17a02e43@papi> In-Reply-To: <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlKo3guWwUgAhl/wGDGYHlsD7ZjFCf2gFih8mQqY29bIlCk7txeTJO8DNY6J67WFJDLBfR8 Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:42:45 -0000 On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400 Jerry wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 > Robert Huff articulated: > [Snip] > The socialists still feel they are entitled to something > for nothing. > Jerry; Forgive me for barging in like this but to me, what your sentence describes is just plain good old greedy people. Patents provided the perfect LEGAL way for these very people to make theirs, an idea that they didn't think of or had the gift/talent to create, as a quickie for profit. The result: Now the long patent arm reaches fruit, seeds and DNA. This means that I can't "create" a Graviola juice drink (local Brazilian fruit) because a Japanese guy patented the fruit !! How ridiculous did we allowed this to get? On a final note, if your sentence were to reflect a little better the idea of socialism (at least on paper), it should read: "The socialists still feel that everybody is entitled to something for nothing." Unfortunately today, socialism, democracy, communism or liberalism are mere skins for hungry wolves. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)