From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 3 17:21:17 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 13190106566B for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:21:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F718FC1C for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:21:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:49:23 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Mikel King In-Reply-To: <20120803164205.GB51560@neutralgood.org> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:49:15 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6116D91B-802F-4EF9-B7EE-B7D93D37C816@olivent.com> References: <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra> <1343995740.40983.YahooMailNeo@web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20120803164205.GB51560@neutralgood.org> To: kpneal@pobox.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) Cc: Wojciech Puchar , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" 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: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:21:17 -0000 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?=