Re: New Nokia device is Debian-based?
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 02:01:37PM +0200, Xavier Roche wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 01:33:00PM +0200, Jesus Climent wrote:
> > That is the key: OSS cannot be killed, not while EU and USA's governments,
> > local and nationwide, are promoting, using and even developing OSS themselves.
>
> I can't be killed, but it can be expensive. What will do governments, local
> and nationwide, do when some company will ask them to pay for "patent
> infringement" ? They will pay.
Or not. Read below.
> Governments can afford to pay to use OSS (hey, this is a legal way to give
> money to private companies, by the way).
>
> This is also a good point for big patent holders: "you can use OSS, but if
> you don't choose our consulting $ervice$, we sue you"
There might be the time when a government will be sued (along with the company
that produced the software they are using) for patent infrigement, and a push
to invalidate those patents will come. The same thing is happening with some
pharmacy issues, related to AIDS and malaria.
Time will tell.
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