Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:44:54 -0400 (EDT) From: James Howard <howardjp@glue.umd.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL only patents Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005161044230.13181-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000515234828.04172cf0@localhost>
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On Mon, 15 May 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > 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." Does anyone else find the whole concept "predatory and anticompetitive?" J~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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