From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B9F0958 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:38:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mezzanine.sirena.org.uk (mezzanine.sirena.org.uk [106.187.55.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8583224F for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:38:18 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:38:03 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Greg KH Message-ID: <20160830173803.GG3950@sirena.org.uk> References: <20160826193331.GA29084@jra3> <87inunxf14.fsf@ebb.org> <20160827162655.GB27132@kroah.com> <87bn0dnc6f.fsf@ebb.org> <1472348609.2440.37.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160828042454.GA8742@jeremy-acer> <20160828125542.7oejzcbpeozkrq3k@thunk.org> <20160829062638.GA12415@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2fjX3cMESU3XgGmZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160829062638.GA12415@kroah.com> Cc: James Bottomley , Linus Torvalds , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --2fjX3cMESU3XgGmZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 08:26:38AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 02:06:44PM -0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > > Even though I abhor what Patrick McHardy is doing, I still can't quite > > find it in my heart to have *sympathy* for his victims. Because it's not > > as if he's just taking random pot-shots at passers-by on the street. Th= ese > > people defended their actions in court, and lost. > No, that's not what Patrick did. Whenever he actually took something to > court, _he_ lost. Companies paid him off before then because they were > scared for foolish reasons, or it was honestly just cheaper to do it > than go to court and win. He took the traditional model of patent troll > to the next level. Please bear in mind that public information on what's going on there is very scarce, I suspect most people have only seen the SFLC statement at: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/jul/19/patrick-mchardy-gpl-enforceme= nt/ (it seems from followups that there may be some confusion even in what I've quoted above). =20 --2fjX3cMESU3XgGmZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXxcR3AAoJECTWi3JdVIfQwBcH/iMvJdLWH1NXgSS4vhM2n2zb 8T6C92RCq0ov+ZORIB+yNoLDTYxRyVhAcY/OQnyyI1H4qsY3XfwfelYaKtE7eKmC hm6e6Qr98saRDZFfi9GaK3GkhzYr4WTJOXRqM3P+RGyfmN1JBeYhpburagbIwJsJ QkcEy7NfDbV++PB184WgE71Yh2W3QgN5+NTuiX9GBkNpRYUPWU6bvWWtweaaNVAn b1lCGE+UWrI0E4egJV2Y1K1WeakDGzrX3LYKyGsmnnw95wXtPtt4odhYURwZZjDa bOBKu794UL0YiHXLMTd/CORtsgrrWDRV/0UdDNHB+2EMyGPzTBwFk5GUdrYihf8= =1zbk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fjX3cMESU3XgGmZ--