Re: mplayer, the time has come
On Friday 25 February 2005 08:52 pm, Raul Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:52:12PM -0800, Sean Kellogg wrote:
> > Can this list PLEASE stop the belief that ducking your head in the
> > sand in regard to patent violations saves you from increased liability?
>
> What would that achieve?
>
> I don't think that we ignore patents because we believe that in doing so
> we will encounter some liability but less than if we paid more attention
> to them. Some people might have expressed such opinions, but they really
> don't make sense.
I completely agree with you! From a PR perspective, political perspective,
"what's best for Debian" perspective, I think that ignoring patents makes
complete and total sense. I consider it a kind of civil disobedience and
serves to point out just how stupid the system has become. Cheers to that!
My point, and I will post an e-mail with the response from my Prof. along with
some outside research I did in my patents case book to back up this point, is
that the clam that we should ignore patents for a LEGAL reason is bogus.
Simply doesn't pan out, and I believe there is a solid argument to be made
that intentionally ignoring patents serves to increase liability.
-Sean
--
Sean Kellogg
2nd Year - University of Washington School of Law
GPSS Senator - Student Bar Association
Editor-at-Large - National ACS Blog [http://www.acsblog.org]
c: 206.498.8207 e: skellogg@u.washington.edu
So, let go
...Jump in
...Oh well, what you waiting for?
...it's all right
...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
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