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Posted May 15, 2007 14:47 UTC (Tue) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
In reply to: Armaggedon scenarios, IANAL by man_ls Parent article: Microsoft takes on the free world (CNN)
"" Patents would make liable not only the distributor, but also the end user. In effect, it would be as illegal to run any libre software without paying Microsoft as it is now to run a bootleg copy of Windows. ""
And how many "user shops" around the world go with illegal windows ? The large majority i'm affraid, specially among the smallest ones in developing countrys. And that is a fellony everywhere. Well most of these patents are only valid in the US... so... no need to be a rebel here.
M$ is after the big money from the big shops and operators, essentially *only* in US.
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Those are only the beginning Posted May 15, 2007 14:57 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] True, but think about our poor colleagues in the US. Why do they have to pay a Microsoft tax when the brave open world has worked out its own operating system from the bottom up?Besides, after the US take it for granted that software patents are good, and "violating" them is bad, then you can bet it will take little time to have them reenacted here in Europe. We should help strike evil things down at the roots.
Those are only the beginning Posted May 17, 2007 14:44 UTC (Thu) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link] I've supported "no" softwware patents in Europe for almost a decade.
But another thought is that if OSS is so proficient, an organization to build a vast and good portfolio of patents, prior-art, trivialitys... isnt either a bad idea.
OSS can defeat 'them' at their own game.
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