[Linux-aus] Seeking nomination

[David Newall]

Randall Crook wrote:
>  >The point about patents is that they are one of the planks on which our
>  >economy rests.  Like them or loath them, we have to live with them
>  >unless and until the system is changed.
>
> Isn't that whole point of FOSS, Linux-aus etc? Change the system? 
> Introduce a new way of looking and dealing with software?

Yes, it is the point of FOSS, but we are not there yet.  We still live 
in a patent world.