From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 02:02:48 2004 Return-Path: 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 2057C16A4CE for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 02:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4896A43D45 for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 02:02:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan0.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.162] helo=localhost) by tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BOYac-0005Xl-DY for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 10:02:46 +0100 Received: from rx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.161]) by localhost (scan0.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.162]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 21129-04 for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 10:02:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BOYac-0005Xh-08 for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 10:02:46 +0100 Received: (qmail 31521 invoked by uid 1004); 14 May 2004 09:02:46 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamscan: 0.67. sweep: 2.18/3.79. Clear:RC:1(163.1.161.131):. Processed in 0.103216 secs); 14 May 2004 09:02:46 -0000 Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 14 May 2004 09:02:45 -0000 Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.1.20040514095157.03e2a4d0@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:02:05 +0100 To: Mark Ovens From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <40A48806.101@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> References: <40A48806.101@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Threat to FreeBSD in Europe? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:02:48 -0000 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