Re: [Bacula-devel] Software patents

[Kern S. <ke...@si...>]

On Monday 27 June 2005 15:25, Juan Luis Frances wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 6 July the European Parlament will vote about the software patents. If
> it is approved, do you believe that the bacula development can be affected?

Yes, it is possible that Bacula developement could be affected by patents, but 
unlikely IMO.  I don't see much in Bacula that is not prior art, and hence 
there isn't much that could be attacked for a patent violation.  Patents have 
existed a long time in the US and so far, they have not created a lot of 
problems for open source. That doesn't mean I am for patents or that they 
won't create problems for Open Source or Bacula. 

Most people/companies that attack for IP and Patents want money, and there 
just isn't any to pull out of Bacula.  Anyway, if someone has a legitimate 
patent complaint, I suppose our ultimate defense is simply to remove the 
offending code.

Thanks for thinking about Bacula ...

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Best regards,

Kern

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