[Gllug] re: software dowloads patent

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst Richard Jones announce to the hordes:
> Earliest patent filed in May '94, which means there's likely to be a
> lot of prior art from, eg., Unix distribution.
> 
> However, none of that matters unless you happen to have $2m lying
> around to challenge the patent in court.

Fortunately, the most likely targets of this patent attack are likely to be
the very ones who're rolling in it.

Microsoft, anti-virus companies, etc.
If they DID choose to target a linux distro like debian, then they'd have an
entire worldwide community to deal with.
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