[Patents] patent pools enforcing per-copy-licensing mode of software development

[Ville Oksanen ville@turre.com]

> And for Open Source companies that have sold out by issuing stock and
> going public (often screwing those that helped them become successful)

"often" !?

Please name one company which you are referring to (there aren't that many
Linux-IPOs out there) or shut up.

> it is not because of software patents that their stock valuations
> have plummeted, but again bad marketing, bad management, etc.
> In fact, now that the easy money is not longer out there, I suspect there
> will be more interest in the open source world to more fully protect
> their intellectual properties, i.e., software.

Yes, Open Source world is really in process to protect its most valuable
intellectual property -. FREEDOM. The fight against software patents is one
very fundamental part of it.
One very interesting question is, how IBM will use its patent portfolio in
the future. Considering how serious they seem to be with their Open
Source-initiatives, it is not totally out question that one day they have to
use it to defend the Open Source-software development.

Ville Oksanen
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