Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:39:21 +0000 From: Traiano Welcome <Traiano.Welcome@mtnbusiness.co.za> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <E012414FCF65894B89F69DE76AE15E9908274973@CPT-EXCH01.int.mtnbusiness.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208011511490.3256@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <loom.20120801T135633-743@post.gmane.org> <E012414FCF65894B89F69DE76AE15E9908274802@CPT-EXCH01.int.mtnbusiness.net>, <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208011511490.3256@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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=0A= >even if not =A0it's just matter to add proper licence to right ports in po= rt=0A= >tree and require user to accept it.=0A= =0A= Probably won't even have to do that. People can download, compile and run = whatever they want on a base operating system, but as long as the base oper= ating system (FreeBSD in our case) remains "legally un-encumbered" with pat= ented code, nobody really cares. If individual users decide they want to co= mpile and run copyrighted software on FreeBSD (or linux) it will be a matte= r between M$ and the particular user in question, not the community providi= ng the base OS and user space tools.=0A= =0A= The SCO-IBM debacle some years ago triggered a huge review of open source = copyrights in the linux (and *bsd) community. SCO failed to get anything ba= ck then, and it's hard to imagine how M$ will get anything now that there'= s broader awareness in "the community" around software patent infringement.= =0A= =0A= =0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: Wojciech Puchar [wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl]=0A= Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:12 PM=0A= To: Traiano Welcome=0A= Cc: jb; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A= Subject: RE: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?=0A= =0A= > FUD. Ignore. They're going the same way as SCO.=0A= =0A= even if not it's just matter to add proper licence to right ports in port= =0A= tree and require user to accept it.=0A= =0A= >=0A= > T.G.W=0A= >=0A= >=0A= >=0A= > ________________________________________=0A= > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [owner-freebsd-questions@freebs= d.org] on behalf of jb [jb.1234abcd@gmail.com]=0A= > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:05 PM=0A= > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A= > Subject: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?=0A= >=0A= > Hi,=0A= > this should not be ignored; sooner or later things will get nasty ...=0A= > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/25/microsoft_patent_deal_amdocs/=0A= >=0A= > The sooner FreeBSD gets rid of Linux-based software (apps, tools) in its = ports,=0A= > the better. The FB Foundation and Core Team should enact a plan.=0A= > This should actually happen regardless of MS in the shadows and validity = of=0A= > their claims.=0A= > jb=0A= >=0A= >=0A= > _______________________________________________=0A= > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A= > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0A= > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"=0A= > _______________________________________________=0A= > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A= > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0A= > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"=0A= >=0A= >=0A=
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