13 Feb
2012
13 Feb
'12
12:09 a.m.
On 12 February 2012 22:54, Adam Bolte <abolte@systemsaviour.com> wrote:
My understanding is that we're *already* going off guesswork. We're guessing that going against software patents completely is a better approach to any of the alternatives, without having consulted with any legal experts. Unless things have changed since LCA?
Maybe some legal experts should be talked to - not necessarily formal consulting, but could try talking to legal expert/s that would be sympathetic and would have an opinion on it already.
I do realise it would be very difficult to do a proper survey to give us good information on the proportion of supporters with sympathies towards free software, but maybe someone has done one already (I don't know).