To illustrate the absurdity of software patents again:
If you are dual booting with Windows, then you can go to the System32 folder and check this out:
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.:[ [email protected] : 01:56:14 : /media/win/Windows/system ]:.
:( cd /media/win/Windows/System32
.:[ [email protected] : 01:56:36 : /media/win/Windows/System32 ]:.
:) strings ftp.exe |grep California
@(#) Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.Yes! it is the Unix code originally from Berkely (BSD) - Illegal you say? No it is free, for Apple and Microsoft and anyone else to use. And it has probably made their products a lot better.
So they are clearly accepting gifts - but not giving any
So I'll say it again; patents on software are absurd - do you listen members of the supreme court?