Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:02:05 +0100 From: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Threat to FreeBSD in Europe? Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20040514095157.03e2a4d0@popserver.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <40A48806.101@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> References: <40A48806.101@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
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At 09:49 14/05/2004, Mark Ovens wrote: >http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/05/13/1447225.shtml?tid=132&tid=150&tid=82 FreeBSD is thriving in the US. Suggesting that the EU adopting US-style patent rules would threaten FreeBSD is consequently ironic at best. Free Software has been riding on the coat-tails of commercial software for far too long, and this article is just an attempt by Mandrakesoft to preserve their ability to do that. Wake up guys; if Free Software is going to succeed, it has to innovate for itself. And, whatever some people may think, looking at someone else's wheel, building your own, and then giving it away for free does not constitute innovation. Colin Percival
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