On Tuesday 28 November 2006 20:21, Jan Husar proclaimed:
>> On 11/29/06, Tim Clewlow <tim1timau yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > From: Mike Hauber <mchaubergmx.net>
> > > >
> > > > What if Sun pulls a SCO with their Java?
If IBM pulls a SCO with
> > > > their contributions? If Novell pulls a
SCO with their
> > > > contributions? I would like to think
that their intentions are
> > > > honest, but after SCO, and then MSs very
weird deal with Novell,
> > > > who knows? (and by the way, is IBM
working with the BSD community
> > > > as well? I hadn't read anything on
that, and would be interested
> > > > to know more if they are).
> > >
> > >This is just a speculation and really lame one
;/
> > >
BTW... It was not my intention to say IBM and Sun are going
to turn around
and do MsBrides. My point was just how much can we trust
companies that
contribute, when there _are_ MsBrides out there? Shouldn't
there be some
type of written agreement stating that they agree not to
pull any SCOs?
I'll keep my reservations for Novell, though. That was just
too weird for my
taste (and apparently so for most GPLees).
> > Microsoft appear to be claiming that the idea of
using one type of
> > computer to build an operating system for a
different type of computer is
> > their idea. Unfortunately (for Microsoft) this
practice has been known in
> > the "public domain" for decades. This
claim would be laughable if it
> > wasnt serious - instead it is just pathetic.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> You hited the target, but as you prolly know also
double-click is
> patentable....
>
> ;(
>
> Jan
>
Something came up on CNET about the patent process being
reviewed by the
Supreme Court. Now I don't look so legally dumb... Yeah
right.  Link
may wrap:
http://news.com.com/Supreme%2BCourt%2Bweighs%2Bobviousness%2
Bof%2Bpatents/2100-1014_3-6138969.html?tag=nefd.lede
I don't know how old this is (the source doesn't include a
date, either), but
at least it's being looked at:
http://www.point-of-law.com/report.asp?id=467&page=1
Us poor folk can't defend ourselves if our defense is going
to cost us $2
million and up per claim... And what even makes it worse is
that now,
there's OSS insurance companies. Gee... Just in case the
open source
communities turn out to be a bunch of thieves, I better get
me some
insurance. That's sickening. People can't even be
transparently honest
these days without getting mud/fud thrown at them, and there
are lions,
tigers, and bears out there who are actually willing to take
advantage of the
FUD by ripping off their piggy banks while they're not
looking? I'm
really not trying to rant, here. I'm just trying to figure
out a way to be
productive about it.
Is this something that we should be shrugging off or is this
something we need
to be openly fighting against? If it's something that we
should be fighting,
then how to go about it? Or is this something we just have
to wait out and
suffer the publicity blows until the FUDster's lights fade,
and hope we won't
owe our inheritances to a bunch of lawyers in the process?
I found out from Groklaw that NYU is doing a study review of
patents and
supposedly MS has agreed to be reviewed along with IBM and a
few others.
There weren't any links provided, but that should be
interesting.
Mike
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