Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary

Posted Oct 24, 2010 15:40 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048)
In reply to: Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary by nix
Parent article: Open Standards in Europe: FSFE responds to BSA letter

On such a central issue it is. Everyone knows how much the FSF cares about patents. Also, you can't compare the resources available to the FSF (including its satellites such as SFLC) these days to the ones in the 1990s.

Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary

Posted Oct 24, 2010 15:54 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

But... the FSF cared about copyright, too, and had enough resources for quiet negotiation with companies to continue throughout the 90s, in preference to a court case, because they would rather have a not-violated GPL than some test case to make Florian happier. So your argument falls at once.

Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary

Posted Oct 24, 2010 15:55 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link]

What's the point you were trying to make? That they may still be, four years later, in quiet negotiations with Novell?