Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:21:09 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Darren Reed" <darrenr@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pf(4) status in 7.0-R Message-ID: <499c70c0706040221v6566a830yda4b51bf9eae4ff1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070604090841.GA42731@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070601103549.GA22490@localhost.localdomain> <m13b1b52aw.fsf@coruscant.pil.dk> <20070604052421.GM16563@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> <m17iqkxiv4.fsf@coruscant.pil.dk> <20070604090841.GA42731@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 6/4/07, Darren Reed <darrenr@freebsd.org> wrote: > Note that some people have concerns about CARP being patent-encumbered > (by Cisco) too. Unless you know for sure if something is (or isn't) > encumbered, don't bother speculating about what is or isn't a problem. > If you're building a product from FreeBSD usign FreeVRRPd then you > should have already contact'd Cisco... > > It's possible that lots of parts of FreeBSD are covered by patents > and we just don't really know the full situation until someone sends > an infringement notice and a court makes a decision. If Micrsoft > have patents over SMB (for example) then any implementation of smbfs > would potentially violate that...and they are under no obligation to > tell us. > > Picking on things because they're unmaintained is fine but > speculating on patent issues is a waste of time and energy. > Leave that to those soulless and lifeless laywer-vampire types. > > Darren Kill patent and free the Revolution Technology :) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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