Re: TrendMicro goes Douchebag

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

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:
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> > > - -- "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 would front some bucks if you were willing to file a patent on AVAS
so we could force douchebags like TM to just let people be. Otherwise
we you could make enforcers of bad patents pay you a royalty for being
heavy handed and you could turn around and donate to people trying to
scan FTP/SMTP and offset the bucks they had to pay to TM


lemme know, I got 50k on it

-JP
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