[gentoo-dev] Re: Patent threat?

2006-11-07 Thread Duncan
"Stuart Herbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:09:31 +: > On 11/7/06, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No devs get paid directly for working on Gentoo -- they are all >> volunteers. > > That statement may or may not be true. We don

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Patent threat?

2006-11-07 Thread Alec Warner
Luca Barbato wrote: Duncan wrote: If MS pushes the button, they'll push the button. There's little you or I or most FLOSS community devs can do about it, so it's really not worth worrying about unless or until it happens. Keep a watchful eye and stay informed, sure, but not much else. Meh,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Patent threat?

2006-11-07 Thread Stuart Herbert
On 11/7/06, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No devs get paid directly for working on Gentoo -- they are all volunteers. That statement may or may not be true. We don't require Gentoo developers to disclose this information, so it's always possible that some Gentoo developers are paid to work

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Patent threat?

2006-11-07 Thread Luca Barbato
Duncan wrote: > If MS > pushes the button, they'll push the button. There's little you or I or > most FLOSS community devs can do about it, so it's really not worth > worrying about unless or until it happens. Keep a watchful eye and stay > informed, sure, but not much else. > Yawn, if they cla

[gentoo-dev] Re: Patent threat?

2006-11-07 Thread Duncan
"Jeff Rollin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:57:12 +: > I'd like to ask how many Gentoo devs get paid for contributions to Gentoo? > How many of you (paid or non-paid) think MS's threat to sue over patents is > a real danger? No devs get