<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 15, 2008 12:57 AM, Andrew Joakimsen <<a href="mailto:joakimsen@gmail.com">joakimsen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Jan 14, 2008 7:50 PM, Steve Totaro <<a href="mailto:stotaro@totarotechnologies.com">stotaro@totarotechnologies.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br><br>> I would argue that it is illegal. The main definition of illegal is " 1.
<br>> against law: contravening a specific law, especially a criminal law".<br>> <a href="http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html" target="_blank">http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html</a><br>
<br></div>Illegal means that something violates a criminal law. You linked to a<br>page that describe the law in the US regarding patentholders<br>registration of said patents. I'm not saying we should infringe on the
<br>patentholder's right I am simply saying it is not a criminal act, at<br>least in the US.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> While it may not be against criminal law in the US it can be in France and<br>> Austria, in the US it is certainly "against a specific law".
<br>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_law#Law" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_law#Law</a><br><br></div>Software is generally not patentable in the European Union (and<br>probably in the countries that are pseudo-EU members)
<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> Anyways, buying the license is the right thing to do unless you live where<br>> software patent laws are not applicable.<br><br></div>Totally agree.<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
<a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users" target="_blank"></a></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Did you even bother to read the definition of "against the law" that I posted? In that definition, "against law: contravening a specific law,", that being violating patent law. Then it goes on to say "especially a criminal law"
<br><br>Sorry Andrew, but I take Encarta's definition over yours.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve Totaro<br></div></div><br>