Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Linux patent pool to push for 'defensive publication'
This is exactly how one should "protect" one's ideas, by establishing
prior art, rather than abusing unethical laws to create monopolies.
However I still believe that the OIN's "Mexican stand-off" protection
is a poor excuse for welcoming Microsoft's poisonous technology, like
Mono, with open arms into Free Software. That's a bit like willingly
rolling the Trojan Horse (filed with the enemy's soldiers) across the
drawbridge, just for the sake of having a free wooden horse.
Why would we want to willingly help our self-declared enemy?
Maybe one day Waugh and de Icaza will answer that question.
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K.
http://slated.org
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| By bucking Microsoft for open source, says Gunderloy, "I'm no
| longer contributing to the eventual death of programming."
| ~ http://www.linux.com/feature/142083
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