On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 12:27 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 10:23, Alan wrote: > > > We are hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to > > > join the Ubuntu community - in any capacity, including developers and > > > package maintainers. If you want to find out how Ubuntu works, how to > > > contribute or participate, or how to get specific items addressed, there > > > will be something for you. I’ll also be on IRC on Tuesday 28th to answer > > > any questions you may have of me specifically, such as Luis’ questions > > > about our position on software patents. > > > > Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. We have "lets ship probably > > illegal binary modules with the next version of the OS" lecturing people > > who struck a deal with Microsoft which is borderline on the GPL. > > Isn't 'illegal to distribute' something that is decided by > the copyright/patent owner, not some slightly interested > bystanders? On the other hand, if it does turn out that > there is patented content in Linux or samba, the GPL will > prohibit distribution for everyone with or without Novell's > agreement unless it includes the unrestricted redistribution > rights that the GPL demands. ---- agreed - but since there are not any existing patent claims on any GPL code of which I am aware of beyond the SCO suit which still awaits adjudication, there is little to worry about on that end. Craig
