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Just say ``no'' to patent wars

Posted Apr 7, 2005 17:47 UTC (Thu) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
In reply to: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways by NRArnot
Parent article: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

[...] I wonder what IBM has got in their patent arsenal? Carrot *and* stick?

If software patents are evil, which I fervently believe, they are a means which no ends can justify.

(Of course, these ends (opening Bitkeeper) don't deserve any means.)

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