On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:15:40PM -0500, andre999 wrote: > And how does that translate for free software ? > In the U.S., software patent holders have avoided attacking targets > without a lot of financial resources.
Well, what if we end having enough ressources in the futur ? > The only Linux-associated target I recall is Novell. And TomTom ( http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/02/25/232212/Has-Microsofts-Patent-War-Against-Linux-Begun ) And a patent deal was done with Amazon ( http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/23/1231255/Microsoft-Amazon-Ink-Kindle-and-Linux-Patent-Deal ). And I am sure that with more than 3 minutes research, I can find plenty of example. > Mpeg patents are pursued, but the several PLF mirrors in the U.S., > with openly indicated patented packages, are ignored. Many PLF mirrors ? I see only 2 of them, and one of them is out ( non existant domain, bigsearcher.com ) http://plf.zarb.org/mirrors.php So basically "many PLF mirrors" = 1 ? Not to mention that a ratio of 2 mirrors in the USA out of a total of 25 seems rather odd, for something that admins do not care. -- Michael Scherer