Better yet folks,
i'm here in Spain, and think it. If somebody don't like the Exim, or
other program, software, tool, just create a new one. I have a recent
example. Smoothwall, a gpl firewall. Some of the programmers left the
projecto and founded IPCop. Now i use IPCop. If Smoothwall's people
decide to patent the software, no other linux firewalls would be on
market with the same capabilites, and the main capabilities is to be
running on linux.
Really cool!
jonathan
Yves Goergen wrote:
>Von: "Wakko Warner" <wakko@???>
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>>>>I saw this on the linux kernel list earlier today and felt I should post it
>>>>to exim list since it wasn't yet.
>>>>
>>>>http://swpat.ffii.org/
>>>>
>>>>Sounds like Europe is trying to make it easy to get software patents which
>>>>can hurt open source.
>>>>
>>>>apache.org has a blurb on their main site about this too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>A friend pointed that link out to me yesterday as well. Sounded
>>>quite ludicrous to say the least - the idea of patenting ideas such as
>>>'an online store that allows a third party to send gifts to people'.
>>>What the hell is that about? I want the patent on Christmas please.
>>>
>>>
>>I'd like to know what Philip's stance is on this. I'm not sure if this
>>effects me at all (I'm in the USA), but I certainly don't want to see a
>>great MTA get shot down due to stupid patents.
>>
>>
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>I am affected by this, when it will become reality (sitting in Germany). I'm wondering what will happen if some foolish idiot really gets a patent that would forbid a free distribution of, say, exim or php in europe... Would this software become illegal then? I mean, noone will be willing nor able to pay for a license then.
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>This reminds me a bit at the cryptography export regulations of the USA some time ago. "This software may not be downloaded outside the USA....". Well, let's see what happens. Such a corrupt power will not be stoppable by some "rebellion" OSS programmers (as they seem to think about us).
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