On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 02:02:17PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 14:47 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > But my point is that _if_ the Novell agreement is necessary > > for distribution, then GPL distribution is already illegal > > for everybody, not just Novell. > ---- > of course your point relies upon presumptive guilt...which as I > understand it is part and parcel of a Catholic upbringing but clearly at > odds with the expectations of open source software users. Was the anti-Catholic crack really necessary? And, FTR, even among Christians, Catholics hardly have a lock on guilt. You are, of course, correct in the main point: the assumption in the original comment that distribution of _something_ violates some patent. Kurt -- <JALH> regex are more than some crappy posix thing <JALH> they are an art form - Marc Zealey on #kernelnewbies
