On Saturday 18 November 2006 02:38, M. Fioretti wrote:
> > But to fork suse now? Mistake ...
>
> This is correct, because forking is useless or undoable when the
> problem is software patents. See my other message in this thread.
No...
The fork (done properly) removes the patent issue. Every distro these
days
ships both GPL and prop packages... no GPL package can (by legal definition)
contain patentable code... doesn't matter who might have put it in there or
who thinks they really own it... if it is GPL and if it ships at all the
*entire* thing becomes GPL... period. The only thing that needs to happen is
to remove the prop packages from the distro (sanitize the logos,.. not
strictly required) and repackage. This has been done many times... its
legal... and its untouchable.
Remember... there isn't a patent controversy here... only FUD. We
always need
to keep reality and fantasy separate.
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Kind regards,
M Harris <><
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