>even if not it's just matter to add proper licence to right ports in port >tree and require user to accept it.
Probably won't even have to do that. People can download, compile and run whatever they want on a base operating system, but as long as the base operating system (FreeBSD in our case) remains "legally un-encumbered" with patented code, nobody really cares. If individual users decide they want to compile and run copyrighted software on FreeBSD (or linux) it will be a matter between M$ and the particular user in question, not the community providing the base OS and user space tools. The SCO-IBM debacle some years ago triggered a huge review of open source copyrights in the linux (and *bsd) community. SCO failed to get anything back then, and it's hard to imagine how M$ will get anything now that there's broader awareness in "the community" around software patent infringement. ________________________________________ From: Wojciech Puchar [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:12 PM To: Traiano Welcome Cc: jb; [email protected] Subject: RE: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? > FUD. Ignore. They're going the same way as SCO. even if not it's just matter to add proper licence to right ports in port tree and require user to accept it. > > T.G.W > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of jb [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? > > Hi, > this should not be ignored; sooner or later things will get nasty ... > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/25/microsoft_patent_deal_amdocs/ > > The sooner FreeBSD gets rid of Linux-based software (apps, tools) in its > ports, > the better. The FB Foundation and Core Team should enact a plan. > This should actually happen regardless of MS in the shadows and validity of > their claims. > jb > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
