Promotion of software patents == opposition to Open Source.

[Ken Brown]

I'd like to know this too.  This intrigues me.  Is IBM's proposition
that they can make money with both IP and open source incorrect?  

In my opinion, I do not believe that they IBM's model has a long-term
future.  IP inextricably competes with the existence of GPL open source
and open source in general.

kb

-----Original Message-----
From: jcowan at reutershealth.com [mailto:jcowan at reutershealth.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 1:44 PM
To: Russell McOrmond
Cc: license-discuss at opensource.org
Subject: Re: Promotion of software patents == opposition to Open Source.

Russell McOrmond scripsit:

>   My question still remains:  Why is IBM in a very public way
advertising
> the benefits of Open Source and Linux, while at the same time lobbying
> against Open Source in less visible (and less understood) public
policy
> circles?

That's not a question, it's an argument.  Try next door.

Insofar as it really is a question, the answer is the same as for all
"Why do they?" questions:  money.

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