From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 15 22:50:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A551F37B5BE for ; Mon, 15 May 2000 22:50:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA00763; Mon, 15 May 2000 23:50:22 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000515234828.04172cf0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:50:17 -0600 To: Arun Sharma , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: GPL only patents In-Reply-To: <20000515134015.A22174@sharmas.dhs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yes, I'm aware of this. Note that the philosophy here is that it's OK if the FSF enjoys the monopoly conferred by patents, but not if a programmer uses it to ensure that he is able to make a livelihood. Another example of how, in Richard Stallman's "Humpty Dumpty" world, some are "more equal than others." --Brett At 02:40 PM 5/15/2000, Arun Sharma wrote: >http://www.advogato.com/article/89.html "When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. But lawyers have other strategies, including buying a stronger whip, changing riders ... declaring that the horse is better, faster and cheaper dead, and, finally, harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed." Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, quoted in The Wall Street Journal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message