[ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

[Daniel Watkins]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Pat wrote:
> On 13/02/07, *Daniel Watkins*
> <D.M.Watkins at warwick.ac.uk
> <mailto:D.M.Watkins at warwick.ac.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     > 1. Why do you want to increase the profits of a company that uses
>     > software patents to extort cash? Particularly given the threat that
>     > software patents pose to Free Software.
>     I'm not. I want them to Free their drivers. 
> 
> 
> This is what, so that you can hang it on the wall? 
> 
> Or perhaps to run one of the printers that you bought from them -
> thereby increasing their profits.
Or perhaps for the reasons I've already covered. But no, I was just
messing around when I wrote those.

>     > 2. Persuading Kodak to open source their drivers is not a "win for the
>     > Free Software movement" as you so "snootily" put it.  It's begging for
>     > support from some company that has no respect for its users.
>     It is a win for the Free Software movement. It is also begging support
>     from some company that has no respect for its users.
> 
> 
> Anything that helps patent trolls succeed in business is actually a
> significant loss for everyone.
And anything that Frees more software is a significant win for everyone.

> Neat that - releade unde GPL ithut blishing thource.
That sentence doesn't make any sense! Oh, wait, did I edit it?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFF0kDz3arasOikFPYRAq3QAKC7Ca0vXSweezM1Zk1kH3JyX6uqEQCfa574
pYpUE28kzlsG1lzsf92n5gg=
=mkwg
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----