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Re: Debian-based gadget: Nokia 770



On Wednesday May 25 2005 10:01 am, Martin Dickopp wrote:
> Adrian von Bidder <avbidder@fortytwo.ch> writes:
> > Just stumbled on <http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=1376>,
> > which describes the new Nokia 770.  ARM, Debian+gnome based.
>
> Just in case not everybody is aware of it anyway: Nokia is one of
> the very few European companies in favor of software patents in the
> EU. In fact, Nokia has done a lot of lobbying for software patents
> in Brussels.  You might want to take that into account when
> deciding whether to buy from Nokia or a different vendor.

Seems like maybe Debian is in a good position to have someone 
high-profile point out Nokia's licensing hypocracy:  Adopting Debian 
while giving the very same people the finger with software patents.

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Paul Johnson
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