From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 2 23:20:10 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 424771065672 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD0A8FC0A for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:20:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so132275yen.13 for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:20:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=cQ+aKhHOqUmLGIHkSZK9DKUj9NhqNiGGYYxrxVauvss=; b=jJrtTbKYF0Q+vafU8lpNZFhvNHy04at0kndQE+OovvOidiY/g4h3BzNBh5E9WHOyb5 RaFgulxgZ9thCUXPftPyqRlC5Z2qau2uUjOok6atSvHR+48iNhpB+5ZQDaeNqrPh0LNo Y7p0hlRtxLp2s2GEIL9ob/Ei4C0EliuJ8P+kwtzc8dy8D9UgZyRHa9D10TjjFEpa+oPd DMmSen5UPeckM8w3niOpy/wSwMYEL/uXn6JMMMNh30WdICe+Tu7m6idxors+9kVL+Sgf 3V9ylkpRdBL+OIgHa5HBrwadq/J3/MalmRxWH+/MCMEOAairHDbeCyvgKMJvjvbUumM5 TZ1A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.46.230 with SMTP id y6mr6684535igm.20.1343949608608; Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.124.41 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:20:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.175.71] In-Reply-To: <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra> References: <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 01:20:08 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnWY7qrMU/stNo5q06EUycrsKLaNmBwx426V+VN2Hcjyx2w9q+R7nsd2SsolpN8kK/jYI1D 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: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:20:10 -0000 On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > It is possible that Microsoft is going the way of SCO -- into its grave, > having hung all its hopes on litigation. Along the way, though, it will > probably do a lot of damage to a lot of people, projects, and businesses, > and I just hope it doesn't get as far as the FreeBSD project or any > FreeBSD users before things come crashing down. Right! Let's also hope that most patents that could harm us (should there be some lurking out there) will have expired by then. Unless Congress pulls a Mickey Mouse Protection Act-lookalike on patents by extending them just as they did with Copyright. But as usual with Congress, I wouldn't hold my breath: they aren't exactly known for enacting reasonable and sensible laws. Especially not when heavily lobbied by mega corps with deep pockets like MSFT, Oracle, Apple and so on. Yes, things will get really nasty once those corporations go the way of the SCO. > (disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. Et cetera.) > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/