OT: Software-Patents (Was: Using squidguard blacklists in skolelinux(.de))

[Benedikt Wildenhain <benedikt@benedikt-wildenhain.de>]

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:48:33PM +0100, Espen Myrland wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Benedikt Wildenhain wrote:
> 
> > Attention: the following line violates a patent (do not execute!):
> > while ping -c1 $IP > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done; echo Connection lost
> >  --> http://swpat.ffii.org/
> > May the tux be with you.  :wq 73
> >
> 
> I dont belive you. Prove it.
Look at:
http://www.elug.de/projekte/patent-party/patente/EP0850441.de.html
http://swpat.ffii.org/patents/txt/ep/0850/441/

-- 
Achtung: die folgende Zeile verletzt ein Patent (Nicht ausfuehren!):
while ping -c1 $IP > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done; echo Connection lost
 --> http://patinfo.ffii.org/
May the tux be with you.  :wq 73