From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 09:21:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4B616A46C for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:21:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEEDE13C469 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so371140anc for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:21:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DUGmW33ku84e6jE0jqQ+5w2QYaWmyoxMFoJnMbjIvqRdN17x1mnFuj5T7T/A7ChAwnmzH3u4bKDRPTpcD6UzCaMp8g28sFgx4Oe1F7NOkNaeX5KKjRI8I8NxP04v54PWxpAYhtsKdS8FeMARctyRwmGlFlylzkEqQLlx4HKdGLQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hF0c7HrhF+qZ9o7HXwLO3MIhOupBdgVqAhs2O4wXswAOS4nGM3isT8t8p1d001yokDENCcKIgErJt6h24O3UgWUvMQ8u6mKukwf8CXKXA1tWMCPBOyFyf+9MwxXjWO/cYJdoer2zqSSLXnxD/nv6ziWuT1jF+lXvoqAtZr4srsw= Received: by 10.100.123.9 with SMTP id v9mr2443254anc.1180948869279; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:21:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.9.14 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 02:21:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0706040221v6566a830yda4b51bf9eae4ff1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:21:09 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Darren Reed" In-Reply-To: <20070604090841.GA42731@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070601103549.GA22490@localhost.localdomain> <20070604052421.GM16563@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20070604090841.GA42731@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pf(4) status in 7.0-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:21:12 -0000 On 6/4/07, Darren Reed wrote: > Note that some people have concerns about CARP being patent-encumbered > (by Cisco) too. Unless you know for sure if something is (or isn't) > encumbered, don't bother speculating about what is or isn't a problem. > If you're building a product from FreeBSD usign FreeVRRPd then you > should have already contact'd Cisco... > > It's possible that lots of parts of FreeBSD are covered by patents > and we just don't really know the full situation until someone sends > an infringement notice and a court makes a decision. If Micrsoft > have patents over SMB (for example) then any implementation of smbfs > would potentially violate that...and they are under no obligation to > tell us. > > Picking on things because they're unmaintained is fine but > speculating on patent issues is a waste of time and energy. > Leave that to those soulless and lifeless laywer-vampire types. > > Darren Kill patent and free the Revolution Technology :) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/