Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:36:11 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Cc: dillon@earth.backplane.com, jlemon@flugsvamp.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010612083611K.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010612113132.10932A-100000@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <200106112302.f5BN2Mx34109@earth.backplane.com> <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010612113132.10932A-100000@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
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This whole thread is kind of silly. Don't people realize the sheer number of "patent infringments" there are in FreeBSD (or, indeed, Linux?) Sure, you could add a flag to turn each and every instance of such patent infringment off but the end-result would be something that didn't even resemble an operating system. Oh, and do you like to use Emacs? Better remove it - it violates the natural order recalc patent that Lotus (now IBM) holds. You like the cursor on your screen? Turn it off - it violates the XOR patent from CADRAC. The patent system is broken and we need to focus our energies on reforming it, not on trying to bend ourselves into impossible shapes to conform to the damage it's done. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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