On Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:07:04 bardo wrote: > 2007/2/28, Alex Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The idea is nice and all, but Ballmer accuses GNU/Linux of patent > > infrigment. And patents aren't code. > > I think you are missing the point here. Ballmer keeps saying that > GNU/Linux infringes patents that belong to Microsoft, but refuses to > tell what the infringing parts are. As is stated on the Show Us The > Code site, free software developers are looking forward to solve the > problem by removing the infringing parts and rewriting them in a way > that makes them legal, but since there's a refusal to to show what > these parts are, there's no way to exit this infinite loop. > > If a lot of people and personalities of the GNU/Linux world sign the > petition but Microsoft still doesn't show the code, then it will be > assumed that the claims aren't true and it's all just FUD, as > frequently happens with them. That's what he was asking, if Arch > (where by "Arch" I think we mean Judd) wants to participate or not. >
Some things might indeed be possible to rewrite. But how are you going to solve the problem that Microsoft holds some patents on FAT. The only way to solve that is to stop supporting FAT. That is that whole problem with a patent it's not a thing, it's an idea. > > bardo > > P.S.: please, don't top post. Sorry, my bad. Alex. > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > arch@archlinux.org > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
