On 6/4/07, Darren Reed <darrenr_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > Note that some people have concerns about CARP being patent-encumbered > (by Cisco) too. Unless you know for sure if something is (or isn't) > encumbered, don't bother speculating about what is or isn't a problem. > If you're building a product from FreeBSD usign FreeVRRPd then you > should have already contact'd Cisco... > > It's possible that lots of parts of FreeBSD are covered by patents > and we just don't really know the full situation until someone sends > an infringement notice and a court makes a decision. If Micrsoft > have patents over SMB (for example) then any implementation of smbfs > would potentially violate that...and they are under no obligation to > tell us. > > Picking on things because they're unmaintained is fine but > speculating on patent issues is a waste of time and energy. > Leave that to those soulless and lifeless laywer-vampire types. > > Darren Kill patent and free the Revolution Technology :) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/Received on Mon Jun 04 2007 - 07:21:12 UTC
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