While I agree that NTP's case is bogus, unhappy Congressmen are the wrong reason for invalidating the patents in question
I'd just like to point out that "unhappy Congressmen" is not the *reason* for "invalidating the patents", rather said Congressmen are instead a force or catalyst. You even stated that "NTP's case is bogus". So said bogusness is the *reason* for patent invalidation.
In this matter, the Congressmen have a point. After all, should we really punish the end user in the name of protecting a technology that doesn't yet have a clear owner? And I use the term "protecting" lightly.
I haven't heard of any patent issue affecting OSS at all much less to this extent
[I'm not a patent lawyer] It seems to me that a powerful help to OSS is that the code is published or distributed freely at the time of development. This really makes it difficult for just any company to prove they are the first to discover and so patent such an "invention". (hence prior art)
It seems to me that alarms are sounding a little bit too loudly here. For IP cases where licensing is the issue and a settlement is imminent; Prudently the company would pay the fine in lieu of a forced service shutdown. Case closed. Is it reasonable for the BlackBerry to be shutdown? No. Will it happen? No. Think like a reasonable judge would: punish the company not the users who use the service.
The case where a service is shutdown is most often due to bankruptcy. If your business relies heavily on a shaky or near bankrupcy service, I'd sugest seeking a backup plan or a escrow deal for the code from such service.
IANAL blah blah blah, but have some common sense!
I though that was just real in the "imaginary world of cell phone commercials". (At least on TV it is!)
-You won't understand this post if:
1. You've never seen the cellphone commercial I referenced.
2. Your tivo can skip all commercials so maybe you did see it but it looked like a commercial for spagetti instead.
I've work quite a bit with risk maintenance. Most often situations like these increase the budget for disaster prevetion and other related expenses. This failure *should* make fewer failures in the future and generally a safer airport. But then again that all depends on how much passion they have for their job.
Maybe I should take a trip to Japan in a few months.
Quick, do a checksum of both OpenOffice and MS Word. They must be exactly the same! Finally, I cracked the methodical process witch BSA uses to validate their claims!
# md5
Oh wait a minute...
nevermind
No wait I got it again. They use the following algorithm:
1) Does the file have a filename? (yes: goto 2, no: goto 2)
2) send email to everybody claim they are pirates
3)...
4) Profit!
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While I agree that NTP's case is bogus, unhappy Congressmen are the wrong reason for invalidating the patents in question
I'd just like to point out that "unhappy Congressmen" is not the *reason* for "invalidating the patents", rather said Congressmen are instead a force or catalyst. You even stated that "NTP's case is bogus". So said bogusness is the *reason* for patent invalidation.
In this matter, the Congressmen have a point. After all, should we really punish the end user in the name of protecting a technology that doesn't yet have a clear owner? And I use the term "protecting" lightly.
I haven't heard of any patent issue affecting OSS at all much less to this extent
[I'm not a patent lawyer] It seems to me that a powerful help to OSS is that the code is published or distributed freely at the time of development. This really makes it difficult for just any company to prove they are the first to discover and so patent such an "invention". (hence prior art)
It seems to me that alarms are sounding a little bit too loudly here. For IP cases where licensing is the issue and a settlement is imminent; Prudently the company would pay the fine in lieu of a forced service shutdown. Case closed. Is it reasonable for the BlackBerry to be shutdown? No. Will it happen? No. Think like a reasonable judge would: punish the company not the users who use the service.
The case where a service is shutdown is most often due to bankruptcy. If your business relies heavily on a shaky or near bankrupcy service, I'd sugest seeking a backup plan or a escrow deal for the code from such service.
IANAL blah blah blah, but have some common sense!
I though that was just real in the "imaginary world of cell phone commercials". (At least on TV it is!) -You won't understand this post if: 1. You've never seen the cellphone commercial I referenced. 2. Your tivo can skip all commercials so maybe you did see it but it looked like a commercial for spagetti instead.
It looks like I'm not the only one who felt like Castaway was a 2 hour Fedex commercial.
No not a troll a hobbit! Just check out his house!
Much of the house is built underground into the hill.
Article: "The virus many suspect to be sending spam is called Sobig"
.sig
Random email: "Please see the attached zip file for details."
Should I expect to find "herbal remedies" in this zip file?
Like _I_ can be more sarcastic!
I've work quite a bit with risk maintenance. Most often situations like these increase the budget for disaster prevetion and other related expenses. This failure *should* make fewer failures in the future and generally a safer airport. But then again that all depends on how much passion they have for their job.
Maybe I should take a trip to Japan in a few months.
Quick, do a checksum of both OpenOffice and MS Word. They must be exactly the same! Finally, I cracked the methodical process witch BSA uses to validate their claims!
...
# md5
Oh wait a minute...
nevermind
No wait I got it again. They use the following algorithm:
1) Does the file have a filename? (yes: goto 2, no: goto 2)
2) send email to everybody claim they are pirates
3)
4) Profit!
In Soviet Russia [Profit] Profits You?
I wonder if they spent a lot of time trying to figure out the Matrix special effects for this version. :)
the name of this is X-MAS?