Re: Red Hat on patent FUD

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"ml2mst" <ml2mstREMOVE@CAPSgmail.com> wrote in message 
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> I enjoyed Pieter's comments on BN, but I am pretty confused here. What
> does it mean, is Redhat becoming another patent troll or am I
> misinterpreting this?
>
> What I recently learned from BN and especially Pieter Hintjens is that
> we (Europeans) are in trouble. The software patent lobby (of course led
> by the Evil empire of MICROS~666) is marching on and nobody pays
> attention and that the FFII has become corrupt (pretty much like ISO).
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
You are wrong.  Patents are simply a means to protect the ideas of 
innovators from wanton copycatting by others.  Those who can think of new 
things to do need to be rewarded or else we will be faced with a steep 
decline in technological progress.  How many copies of commercial 
applications do we really need?

> I have signed a petition against the legalization of software patents in
> Europe several times, but it is not working to well, is it?

> SweatyB (the übermaroon) can scream all he wants.
Demonization is the mark of those who cannot think for themselves and resent 
those who can.