On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 17:46 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 16:39 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> Also, please do remember that it is _not_ in itself illegal to
> distribute software that embodies someone else's patent. It's only
> illegal to do so without the owner's consent. If this is _not_ the case
> in some country, then everyone in that country needs to stop using the
> Linux kernel right now, because - to pick a trivial example - RCU is
> definitely patented.
>
> I mean, basically you're asserting that - for whatever bizarro country
> you're talking about - not only can you not waive your own property
> rights, but other people can be sued for accepting your waiver at face
> value. Now, there do exist a handful of countries that haven't accepted
> the Berne Convention, but they tend to be countries with an even weaker
> notion of copyright...
... which has nothing to do with patents, or property rights ...
Eek, that's actually a good point, Berne is copyright not patent. Mea
culpa.
- ajax