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| From | <tomas@tuxteam.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github |
| Date | 2019-05-18 11:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <xZ3Pc-3hl-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 10:51:40AM +0200, Dominik George wrote: > >Yes, it does. Despite what others have said, there is a beneficial > >patent > >exhaustion effect. If software with patented algorithms is > >distributed by the > >patent owner, for example by Microsoft via GitHub, the patent is > >exhausted. > >https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/patent_exhaustion/ > > Yeah, ok, no idea. Such a stupid thing as software patents does not exist where I live. You would think so, and the European Patent Convention (EPC) sounds pretty nice, but the fact that the European Patent Office is betting heavily on pretty scantily clothed software patents [1] is somewhat unsettling, to say the least. Yes, I'm happy that we've come so far (and I've been standing in front of the EU parliament chanting with a bunch of other crazies a couple of years ago), but we haven't "won" yet. Cheers [1] Just say "on a computer" :-) -- t
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Salsa vs Github Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-05-16 18:00 +0200
Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-16 18:40 +0200
please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-05-17 09:10 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-17 09:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-05-17 10:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-05-17 11:00 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-05-17 10:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-05-18 05:50 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-05-18 09:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-05-18 09:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-18 10:30 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-05-18 13:00 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-05-18 15:20 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-05-18 15:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-05-18 15:50 +0200
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Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-05-18 16:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-05-19 03:10 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-17 18:00 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github arne <sp113438@telfort.nl> - 2019-05-18 01:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-05-17 18:00 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-05-17 18:30 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> - 2019-05-18 10:50 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-18 11:00 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-05-18 11:30 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@fastmail.net> - 2019-05-18 00:30 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-18 01:10 +0200
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Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2019-05-18 10:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-05-18 10:40 +0200
Re: please do *never* use GitHub for free software, was Re: Salsa vs Github Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2019-05-18 11:20 +0200
Re: Salsa vs Github Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-05-17 11:30 +0200
Re: Salsa vs Github Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-05-17 11:50 +0200
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