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- From: Stefane Fermigier <sf@fermigier.com>
- To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- Cc: sf@fermigier.com, patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Hardware N Software
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:15:40 +0100
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 03:11:03AM -0500, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> >Most [open source companies] live in fear that they might be sued someday.
>
> What melodrama. How about some violins in the background. Only children
> live in fear. Adults learn to deal with the patent system.
I'd take that as an insult, if you were not american. There are probably
big cultural differences at stake here, since were I live, people aren't
used to wake up in the morning thinking "who am I going to be sued by today".
(Nice slogan, btw: "Software patents: who do you want to be sued by today").
S.
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"Amazon: we patent the dot in .com"
- Re: [Patents] Hardware N Software, (continued)
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