| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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| To: | Thomas Hallgren <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dawid Kuroczko <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Software Patents |
| Date: | 2005-04-22 20:31:18 |
| Message-ID: | 1114201879.27598.720.camel@camel |
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On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 13:30, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> > You can post a statement that the postgresql project feels it is in our best
> > interest and in our users best interest to avoid patents within our code.
> > You can also point out that if there were no software patents, we wouldn't
> > have to worry about this. I don't think anyone would disagree with the
> > above.
> >
> True, but pointless. The reason this discussion is so vivid is that
> software patents pose a real threat to our way of developing software.
> If we at all care about this, we really should make a stand.
>
I don't buy this. Or rather, I don't believe open source can't work in a
society were software patents exist.
Robert Treat
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