On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:45:42AM +0200, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > Alceste: > > a. you release your work under the GNU GPL (if you > > want to use our patent without paying fees); > > > > b. you pay a royalty (if you want to use another > > license and/or release a proprietary program)." > > > > I think that it could be quite a realistic hypothesis --- and it > > could be the first software patent > > Never heard of the FSMLabs patent?
Yes, you're right (I didn't remember it when I wrote my e-mail).
> > that could be used to support Free Software :-) > > I don't call this "support", sorry. Sure other people praise > the approach, but not everybody does. Note the note below, > though.
I do agree with you... Maybe I havent't been clear, but I was joking about something that I think is clearly absurd: relying on software patents to "support" Free Software is something like relying on enlightened dictatorship to "support" people's freedom.
Regards,
alceste