From esr at thyrsus.com Wed Apr 5 17:18:44 2006 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2690638694231039423==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Eric S. Raymond To: devel at lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: Red Hat's "Cowardice" against Software Patents Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:22:15 -0400 Message-ID: <20060405212215.GC16936@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: 443400B4.2030706@redhat.com --===============2690638694231039423== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Warren Togami : > Come back with a legally binding, written, perpetual, and irrevocable = > promise that Fraunhofer grants a royalty free license for FOSS to use = > MP3. Until then, insisting that Red Hat is a "coward" by not shipping = > MP3 is essentially asking Red Hat to be a martyr and risk destroying itse= lf. This is out of hand. = First, I never made that accusation. I reported someone else making it and said I wished I had a better defense against it. Second, it isn't my job to negotiate agreements with Fraunhofer. That job belongs to an organization like Red Hat that has lawyers and money and can make a business judgement about cost versus expected gain in market share. Third, negotiating an agreement with Fraunhofer would not consutute martyrd= om. What is it with the zeolots on this list, anyway? No contact with reality at *all*... -- = Eric S. Raymond --===============2690638694231039423==--