Michael Meeks wrote:
> I rest my case about FUD. It seems hard for me to reconcile your
> statement with the emphasis around things happening transparently
Then let me be equally clear. I've learned not to discuss *potential* legal
issues on public lists before first consulting counsel. Akin to the idea that
you don't post security vulnerabilities on a public forum before you have a
chance to address them. Which is why the rest of my response may have come
across as vague. Personally, I'd prefer that we weren't discussing it until it
can be investigated.
What I can say is that if "we" (which hopefully will include you), have done
everything right in our code base, then everything you take downstream will be
clean, as I previously mentioned and you liked. I'd like to say that any
remediation would be flagged as such, but I don't know how to make it an
iron-clad guarantee.
> > As an American, I wish that you lot would simply up and pass
> > legislation to reject all US Patents on software so that we
> > can get rid of our broken US patent system.
> As I understand it US patents are not enforceable in Europe and many
> other jurisdictions anyway
That's unclear to me. My hope is that if everyone outside of the US were to
outright ban software patents and completely ignore American IP claims on such,
that it would remove their value and lead to our abandonment of this
dysfunctional system.
--- Noel
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