Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:58:28AM -0500, Drew Northup wrote: > > The Netherlands is one place that doesn't support the sanctity of software > > patents. To be honest, Kevin and I are most worried about that. > > There is already a proposal from the EU to legalise American style > software patents. But things are going better here than in the US and > with a bit of luck we're able to stop those crazy ideas. I don't know > about the status of the proposed Hague treaty, but we really have to > stop that too. (FYI: I'm from the Netherlands and I'm seeing it > getting worse here :()
We feel your pain. > > But my question is: What's wrong with having the current hosting in > the US, as long as there are mirrors (optionally for backup only) in > other countries? I think using savannah is great and would patents > ever become a problem, I'm sure the FSF would help us. I don't see a > reason for not using savannah. (but maybe I'm just biased) Export laws and restrictions are another big problem here...... I could go on and on, but I won't. > > And even in the US, I don't think a patent for visualization would be > enforceable. It isn't enforceability that matters here in the US. Especially now that the f*(|!#& DMCA has been written into law. It is the defendant that bears the full burden of proof to get DMCA restrictions lifted once they have been imposed for possible violations of intellectual property rights. If we are hosted outside the US, then we aren't subject to having this mailing list shut down because some corporation decides out of the blue that they own some part of plex86. The other part of this equation is money, $$, lucre, or whatever you call it in your home country (notwithstanding the difference betweens Pounds Sterling, Guilders, DM, Euros, and Dollars). If don't have mucho dinero (as some here like to say) then you can kiss your ass goodbye. End of story. > > Jeroen Dekkers > -- > Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org > IRC: jeroen@openprojects -- |^^^ | | |^^| |^^^ Drew Northup, N1XIM |^^| | |^^^ \ / /^^\ /^^~ |__ | | | | | |__| | |___ \/ |__| |__ | | | | | | www.plex86.org | | | /\ | | | \ ___| |__| |__| |___ web.syr.edu/~suoc/ | |___ |___ / \ \__/ \__/
