On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 17:46 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 16:39 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
Also, please do remember that it is _not_ in itself illegal to distribute software that embodies someone else's patent. It's only illegal to do so without the owner's consent. If this is _not_ the case in some country, then everyone in that country needs to stop using the Linux kernel right now, because - to pick a trivial example - RCU is definitely patented.
I mean, basically you're asserting that - for whatever bizarro country you're talking about - not only can you not waive your own property rights, but other people can be sued for accepting your waiver at face value. Now, there do exist a handful of countries that haven't accepted the Berne Convention, but they tend to be countries with an even weaker notion of copyright...
... which has nothing to do with patents, or property rights ...
Eek, that's actually a good point, Berne is copyright not patent. Mea culpa.
- ajax