From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 3 12:11:25 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 88EDB1065670 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:11:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm35-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm35-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 429D18FC14 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:11:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.51] by nm35.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Aug 2012 12:09:00 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.166] by tm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Aug 2012 12:09:00 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1022.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Aug 2012 12:09:00 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 345315.95173.bm@omp1022.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 58046 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Aug 2012 12:09:00 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1343995740; bh=IEle+nEaO6h2mAgtgKzDFMoz593WHT4bZQ0qU1+5XP4=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Cz+1VgCP9tjLOKkhAWQL4OL0NcQ0edDTUVsVBC2PBJ4a7pWSW0zDMoB/bieny+KGutoUniotEE61U+Z00dQl3aj29yOb9fmGotxT2lz2wjDHGutLoxLIff/Ppn494auxrA5USfEHYCOmZjqQcCpxGr3aXsRouI+EiciCFzBjQZs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=QCT+fdqPuWhRFvalWqBfDipHAJFp4iJ0elrgBEotwjB3gE6of00E6CD/YHt0NBudW4YjTkhTk/BMc62myj5ITlbBFZs3D6zarh6qnQaHBxRFNM30TdARXmKiqvnobThm4pBpMeJVOw/hZF5h7M1zYVtG5r/VqhC97ft1ewPeBqA=; X-YMail-OSG: 4iDrrz4VM1nJoFvN9_q3LhQl2h6Snmea_1PtPUd.MK8Cmdk LCJfVXIhmhlWjTpXDqNwMryBvPkBFM4BAghNZ0PIZ6883URihQPc_8R47ffs lzNIpUyDSI3GvLy3XXMM4AaAOozcpNseCCSx8ChVPZfjL3VokM.rWIs8urHn mPHpWZ1tY75sFIip4t5ahriWsy3PFszfW4dLqI_8_29opwhoZ.q73bt15zVA gdT3mr_Ef8RQm2u57bN6gQxWPGCrimj4gYQD3vG7ls92xlDcLK92LMG3KORV 7rPsjD6aYlqefIpLHRPBF4eMzZugWF4j9FnMaJsG6In7In_FRgW9e179KaJU q7.g_f5gDixCd_eitU.3NNaEyYksBsISToQ3hXlGEG3J7z3CQFCdiB74npCt IkX5vwhf69Y8MmkbTCQWW.U.5Ol1I.x3JppZbkOrKoFW8pubWQSYHc2ktC.t ivnptxYO0PS44lY_CzaBeufRDV.gk9xWt7feCyttuDfWcWeN9qlX2oLVLITL QNWrPrkFmsgM9vB2DfYY7dJrpv_CS6CamCJAMCPB6wjzHP3d5s.vMSuOXanX aJM0geczQ7FzxJ8OSIOojP.Tbwcw7qfN1zWo- Received: from [173.221.141.195] by web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:09:00 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.120.356233 References: <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra> Message-ID: <1343995740.40983.YahooMailNeo@web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 05:09:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:11:25 -0000 =0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: C. P. Ghost =0ATo: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ACc: =0ASent: Thursday, August = 2, 2012 7:20 PM=0ASubject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?= =0A=0AOn Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Chad Perrin wro= te:=0A> It is possible that Microsoft is going the way of SCO -- into its g= rave,=0A> having hung all its hopes on litigation.=A0 Along the way, though= , it will=0A> probably do a lot of damage to a lot of people, projects, and= businesses,=0A> and I just hope it doesn't get as far as the FreeBSD proje= ct or any=0A> FreeBSD users before things come crashing down.=0A=0ARight!= =0A=0ALet's also hope that most patents that could harm us (should there=0A= be some lurking out there) will have expired by then. Unless Congress=0Apul= ls a Mickey Mouse Protection Act-lookalike on patents by extending=0Athem j= ust as they did with Copyright.=0A=0ABut as usual with Congress, I wouldn't= hold my breath: they aren't=0Aexactly known for enacting reasonable and se= nsible laws. Especially=0Anot when heavily lobbied by mega corps with deep = pockets like MSFT,=0AOracle, Apple and so on. Yes, things will get really n= asty once those=0Acorporations go the way of the SCO.=0A=0A> (disclaimer: I= am not a lawyer.=A0 This is not legal advice.=A0 Et cetera.)=0A>=0A> --=0A= > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]=0A= =0ARegards,=0A-cpghost.=0A=0A-- =0ACordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/=0A= _______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd= .org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest= ions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@free= bsd.org"=0A=0A=0AFor M$ to talk about patent infringment is like the kettle= calling the pot black.=0AEver take a copy of M$ ftp.exe and place it on a = unix machine and then run=0Athis on it:=0A=0Astrings.exe ftp.exe | grep Cop= yright=0A=0AJust see what you find there.=0A=0AAnd don't forget, if you've = got an operating system...you didn't build that.=0ASomeone else did.