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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Agreed, safety in numbers (as much as we can). It is an interesting balance promoting that aspect of a software foundation.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Often patents are a discussion where the question is viewed as wrong - even when a software foundation is a sensible answer.</span></div><div><div>-- </div><div>Jody Garnett<br></div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 5:41 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:</p>
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