Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:53 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to remove the GNUTLS option in the print/cups-client port Message-ID: <201108301611.p7UGBrwa008677@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:21:37 MDT." <20110829002137.GA61876@guilt.hydra>
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> ... the US > patent system has become horribly broken in practice. The world's > biggest patent-holders that actually produce anything pretty much all > agree that the system is horribly broken, and mostly collect patents for > defensive use. Not just USA but Europe too, etc. A European Patent Office examiner morosely & sarcasticly speculated that big patent holders might drive lorries (trucks) of patents up to weigh bridges, approach competitors & say eg "We have seven tons, if you have over 6 lets cross licence" Examiners are under time pressure to grant by default unless they can quickly find a reason not to. Politicians of leading countries see a future of increasingly sellling intangible exports, so want more patents, not less. International free software groups have no rich lobby groups, so ignored. Sat 17th Sept in 600+ cities round the world, is a chance for free software movements not just to promote Linux & BSD etc, but also to address software patents - see FSF & FSFE logos among BSD & Penguins etc on http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play script. Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.
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