Re: Broadcom BCM4306/BCM2050 support

harry (harry@smsworldplus.com)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:58:20 +0100

A Penguin wrote:
>In the UK, for instance, one has to purchase a license to
>use a receiver (you know, some Sony Walkman). This is, in my
>opinion, extremely repressive. It would be nice for somebody
>to start suing the BBC (and others) to recover damages for
>the criminal trespass of "their" radio signals onto private
>property. After a few such lawsuits, the ownership of such
>broadcast signals would revert to the public, just like in
>the US.

You need a licence to drive a car and a licence to operate a
computer - now that's really repressive !

(M$, GPL or roll your own, it's much the same..)

An Other Penguin wrote:
>Patents and copyrights need to be fixed, not destroyed.

hear, here.

harry.

--
Truth is a commodity? I just don't buy it.


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