Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:49:15 -0400 From: Mikel King <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <6116D91B-802F-4EF9-B7EE-B7D93D37C816@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <20120803164205.GB51560@neutralgood.org> References: <loom.20120801T135633-743@post.gmane.org> <E012414FCF65894B89F69DE76AE15E9908274802@CPT-EXCH01.int.mtnbusiness.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208011511490.3256@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <E012414FCF65894B89F69DE76AE15E9908274973@CPT-EXCH01.int.mtnbusiness.net> <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra> <CADGWnjUbzn--o3VUe9LP5bpeb2Cwy8bfQQr5b=7SHN0h9Gi1Ww@mail.gmail.com> <1343995740.40983.YahooMailNeo@web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208031609050.78523@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120803164205.GB51560@neutralgood.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:42 PM, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 04:09:06PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> Unless Congress >>> pulls a Mickey Mouse Protection Act-lookalike on patents by = extending >>> them just as they did with Copyright. >>>=20 >>=20 >> then it will still hit USA users only. FreeBSD master site can simply = be=20 >> moved. >=20 > If we're talking about patent infringement then moving FreeBSD outside = of > the country does zero to protect users of FreeBSD. Every single one of > them that uses a part of FreeBSD that a patent holder claims infringes = on > a patent is vulnerable to a lawsuit. >=20 > Also, if you pay attention to the news then you see in the DMCA, ACTA, = the > TPP, and other examples that the US is trying to get the rest of the = world > to adopt its views. The weird thinking that people in government have = is > that the solution to a bad law that affects only the US is to get = other > countries to adopt the same bad law so as to hurt everyone everywhere. >=20 > But, at the end of the day I think FreeBSD should worry about patent > infringement the way people worry about dying in a car wreck: Use a > reasonable amount of care to avoid it, and then don't worry about it. >=20 > --=20 > Kevin P. Neal = http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ Out of curiosity has anyone ever heard of trolls patenting open source = technologies after the fact?=
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?6116D91B-802F-4EF9-B7EE-B7D93D37C816>