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Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:36:08 -0500
On Jan 30, 2008 7:17 PM, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Dude VanWinkle wrote:On Jan 30, 2008 2:14 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:I didn't think it was an attack against open source software, but rather a patent on "virus scanning on ftp and smtp gateways"Why? It's a valid patent -- it was invented & implemented by our (now CEO) Eva Chen.While that may be true, I still think it is a douchebag thing to enforce. If someone started charging all for "transmitting information over a physical medium" and I had to pay for talking, I would call a spade a spade and say "that sucks". It doesn't make it any different that I am friends with someone who works at the company in question. Do all AV companies pay Dr. Solly for "checking code for malicious activity"?No, because I was too stupid to patent it.
I prefer to think that you were too nice to patent it :-) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag, (continued)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Dennis Henderson (Jan 31)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Larry Seltzer (Jan 31)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Nick FitzGerald (Jan 31)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Kyle C. Quest (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Paul Vixie (Feb 02)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Paul Ferguson (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Dude VanWinkle (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Drsolly (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Larry Seltzer (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Nick FitzGerald (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Dude VanWinkle (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Dude VanWinkle (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Paul Vixie (Feb 02)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Alex Shipp (elist) (Feb 04)
- Re: funsec Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3 Robert Praetorius (Feb 04)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Dude VanWinkle (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Paul Vixie (Feb 02)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag John Payne (Jan 30)
- Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag Nick FitzGerald (Jan 30)