On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 02:01:37PM +0200, Xavier Roche wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 01:33:00PM +0200, Jesus Climent wrote: > > That is the key: OSS cannot be killed, not while EU and USA's governments, > > local and nationwide, are promoting, using and even developing OSS > > themselves. > > I can't be killed, but it can be expensive. What will do governments, local > and nationwide, do when some company will ask them to pay for "patent > infringement" ? They will pay.
Or not. Read below. > Governments can afford to pay to use OSS (hey, this is a legal way to give > money to private companies, by the way). > > This is also a good point for big patent holders: "you can use OSS, but if > you don't choose our consulting $ervice$, we sue you" There might be the time when a government will be sued (along with the company that produced the software they are using) for patent infrigement, and a push to invalidate those patents will come. The same thing is happening with some pharmacy issues, related to AIDS and malaria. Time will tell. -- Jesus Climent info:www.pumuki.org Unix SysAdm|Linux User #66350|Debian Developer|2.6.10|Helsinki Finland GPG: 1024D/86946D69 BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 Problem? I haven't got a problem. I've got fucking problems. Plural. --Ted the Bellhop (Four Rooms) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]