ext? as fat or ntfs?

Dazed_75 lthielster at gmail.com
Mon Jul 20 09:05:25 MST 2009


On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dazed_75 wrote:
> >
> > Makes me wonder if anyone has seriously looked into that (again as a
> > purely defensive measure).
> >
>
> How can we? Without access to their source code, they have a huge upper
> hand on Free software in this respect. We are 'guilty' of patent
> infringment and copyright law violations if we even attempt to reverse
> or determine how their systems work.
>
> Ryan
>
> Because software patents (which should not exist) are not about source code
as copyrights are.  NTL, I was not implying that "we" might have done so as
much as wondering if anyone had.  I believe m$ has been guilty of both (like
everyone else per the argument) but like you say the only way anyone gets to
see their code is not usable to prove they are/were in violation.

-- 
Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions,
that I wish it always to be kept alive.
 - Thomas Jefferson
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