From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 10 22:17:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B98A516A41C for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:17:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CAC643D45 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:17:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: (qmail 29560 invoked by uid 0); 10 Jul 2005 22:17:00 -0000 Received: from user-69-73-60-132.knology.net (HELO ?10.0.0.6?) (69.73.60.132) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 10 Jul 2005 22:17:00 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) In-Reply-To: <200507101430.10195.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> References: <9A4DB033-3EF6-498F-8DF7-FD402C8E5D9C@tamu.edu> <200507091303.13823.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> <2BDDEF4D-C4F2-465F-B8C5-9841383466FB@HiWAAY.net> <200507101430.10195.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <640EF749-FF8A-4AC9-8546-469ECB523288@HiWAAY.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Kelly Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:16:58 -0500 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) Subject: Re: Software patents and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:17:02 -0000 On Jul 10, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Bryan Maynard wrote: > There are two key factors you are failing to take into consideration: > > 1) The recent populatiry of Open Source software > 2) The need for corporations to make money Trimmed to a nutshell, you simply want free access and use of intellectual property. > So far neither of us have answered the inital question: "How would > software > patents effect an Open Source project like FreeBSD?" FreeBSD is already operating in a world of software patents. Your wording begs the question in suggesting software patents do not exist yet. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.