Re: A reply on the RTLinux discussion.

Mark Mielke (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Wed, 29 May 2002 15:58:10 -0400

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:46:46PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> What we're really discussing is whether we're willing to allow patent
> restrictions to inhibit the growth of Linux in new areas that go beyond
> its traditional IT role, and further, whether we're willing to accept
> such restrictions from people or companies that depend on Linux for
> their sustenance, and who have benefitted from the lack of such
> restrictions as they wish to impose on others.

Unless Linux is released under a stricter license, I don't know how much
effect 'whether we're willing to accept such restrictions' will have.

People can theorize that software patents make no sense, but that opinion
alone does not invalidate them.

mark

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