On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 17:46 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 16:39 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > > Also, please do remember that it is _not_ in itself illegal to > > distribute software that embodies someone else's patent. It's only > > illegal to do so without the owner's consent. If this is _not_ the case > > in some country, then everyone in that country needs to stop using the > > Linux kernel right now, because - to pick a trivial example - RCU is > > definitely patented. > > > > I mean, basically you're asserting that - for whatever bizarro country > > you're talking about - not only can you not waive your own property > > rights, but other people can be sued for accepting your waiver at face > > value. Now, there do exist a handful of countries that haven't accepted > > the Berne Convention, but they tend to be countries with an even weaker > > notion of copyright... > > ... which has nothing to do with patents, or property rights ...
Eek, that's actually a good point, Berne is copyright not patent. Mea culpa. - ajax
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