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- From: Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis@tinet.org>
- To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
- Cc: Russell McOrmond <russell@flora.ca>, xdrudis@tinet.org, patents@aful.org, seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 09:45:35 +0200
El Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 11:20:26PM -0400, Richard Stallman deia:
>
> When I say that something is general and abstract, that does not mean
> it is harmless or that we should not try to fight it. That is not the
> point. The point is that the specific requirement to do business with
> a particular company ought to scandalise some people who won't agree
> with us on the general patent issue or the general DMCA issue. Let's
> look for ways to make use of this.
>
Then maybe we all agree that specific cases like ebXML should be used to
raise attention to more serious (general) issues such as swpats.
Fighting all specific instances one by one, à la Sisiphus, is a
pointless workaround, but publishing them to ask for solving the
general problem can potentially fix the bug.
--
Xavi Drudis Ferran
xdrudis@tinet.org
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