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| '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION''' | == Press Release ScriptumLibre, Februari 7, 2008 == |
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| == Persbericht ScriptumLibre / Vrijschrift, 6 februari 2008 == == Press Release ScriptumLibre, Februari 6, 2008 == = Wereldwijde boycot van antivirusontwikkelaar Trend Micro = = Worldwide boycott of anti virus developer Trend Micro = Boycot van Trend Micro na patentaanval open source virusscanner. |
WORKUM, The Netherlands -- Friday, February 8, 2008 -- The ScriptumLibre.org Foundation today has issued a call for a worldwide boycott on Trend Micro products. The call comes as a response to a lawsuit filed on January 29th by Trend Micro, which claims that software-security company, Barracuda Networks, is infringing its U.S.-patent on software that filters out viruses on Internet gateway computers. The claim targets the free and open source (FOSS) software program, Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV), and demands that Barracuda either cease distributing with their Web filtering hardware and other products, or pay Trend Micro a licensing fee. |
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| ScriptumLibre calls for a worldwide boycott of Trend Micro after their attack of Barracuda Networks with a software patent. | Software vendors that hold software patents tend to maintain a "cold war" amongst each other, collecting patents, and holding on to them for defensive purposes. Rarely are suits filed against one another aggressively. ScriptumLibre's chairman Wiebe van der Worp finds Trend Micro's aggressive use of litigation to be "well beyond the borders of decency," and points to the company's past history of, "extorting organizations such as Symantec and McAfee with similar threats of litigation." However, there are deeper concerns echoed by van der Worp, and others, in the threats this lawsuit holds toward others in the FOSS community. Recognizing this threat, Barracuda CEO, Dean Drako, in a statement to the FOSS community, writes, "Trend Micro’s actions illustrate that ClamAV and other open source projects remain vulnerable to commercial patent holders attempting to unjustly hinder the free and open source community." |
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| Barracuda Networks levert kant-en-klare beveiligingsoplossingen voor organisaties en gebruikt voor het scannen van virussen ClamAV. Trend Micro eist dat ClamAV niet meer geleverd wordt of dat er betaald wordt. Dit impliceert echter dat Trend Micro stelt dat alle gebruikers van ClamAV inbreuk maken op het bewuste patent en daarmee heeft Trend Micro zich de woede op de hals gehaald. | As a result, many in the community are banding together, and offering support towards Barracuda, such as Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, who has stated that the "Collective defense from software patents is a shared responsibility for everyone in the free software ecosystem." ScriptumLibre feels that the patent system is fundamentally broken. But just because the system is broken, does not mean that companies should be absolved for abusing that system. The foundation therefore urges the entire IT community, including both the proprietary and FOSS communities, to boycott Trend Micro products. |
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| Barracuda Networks delivers boxed security solutions for organizations and uses ClamAV for virus scanning. Trend Micro demands discontinuing delivery of ClamAV or payment. However this implicates that Trend Micro states all users of ClamAV are infringing on the specific patent - resulting in anger pointing to Trend Micro. Een algemeen probleem met software-patenten is dat ze vaak een te breed technisch gebied monopoliseren waardoor vrije marktwerking ernstig gehinderd wordt en dat ze vrijwel altijd triviaal zijn. In dit geval gaat het om het algemeen concept van scannen van virussen op de poorten, iets uitermate voor de hand liggends wat iedere virusscanner doet. Normaal worden software-patenten defensief gebruikt maar Trend Micro gebruikt het op agressieve wijze en heeft in het verleden diverse organisaties - waaronder Symantec en McAfee - afgeperst en nu dus ook gebruikers. A General problem with software patents is that they often monopolize a broad technical spectrum - severely blocking free market working - and that they nearly allways have a trivial character. In this case it concerns the general concept of virus scanning at the ports - something very obvious that every virus scanner does. Normally software patents are used defensive but Trend Micro uses them aggressively and extorted in the past several organizations like Symantec and McAfee and now also end users. Voor Vrijschrift is dit voldoende reden om een boycot af te roepen over Trend Micro. Vrijschrift-voorzitter Wiebe van der Worp: "Trend Micro gaat op een afschuwlijke wijze ver over de grenzen van fatsoen. Een rechtssysteem dat software-patenten toelaat is zwak, slecht nieuws voor de economie en moet hervormd worden. Maar dat er gaten in de wetgeving zitten is geen excuus om daar misbruik van te maken en eindgebruikers aan te vallen. Wat hier gebeurt is absoluut onaanvaardbaar en moet moet afgestraft worden." For Scriptum Libre this is reason enough to call for a boycott of Trend Micro. ScriptumLibre's chairman Wiebe van der Worp: "Trend Micro crosses the borders of decency by far in a disgusting way. A law system that permits software patents is weak, bad news for the economy and needs a reform. But the existence of flaws of the law system is no excuse to abuse it and attack end users. What happens here is totally unacceptable and should be punished." Om de boycot kracht bij te zetten heeft Vrijschrift op haar site banners en spotprenten beschikbaar gesteld die vrij te gebruiken zijn. In order to back the boycott ScriptumLibre made banners and cartoons freely available on their site. == Links en bijlagen == Boycot-internetbladzijde met informatie, banners en spotprenten: http://www.scriptumlibre.org/Boycott_Trend_Micro |
== About ScriptumLibre == ScriptumLibre.org Foundation is the international branch of the Dutch "Stichting Vrijschrift.org". ScriptumLibre creates awareness about the economic and social meaning of free knowledge and culture for our society. The foundation was involved in the successful campaign to keep software patents out of the European Union. |
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| Boycott webpage with information, banners and cartoons: http://www.scriptumlibre.org/Boycott_Trend_Micro | * Boycott web page with information, banners and cartoons: http://www.scriptumlibre.org/Boycott_Trend_Micro * Barracuda Networks call for help: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/legal/ |
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| Wiebe van der Worp, voorzitter Vrijschrift wiebe at vrijschrift.org tel.: 06 455 939 82 | Wiebe van der Worp, chairman ScriptumLibre, wiebe at vrijschrift.org tel.: +31 6 455 939 82 |
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| == Contact == Wiebe van der Worp, chairman ScriptumLibre, wiebe at vrijschrift.org tel.: +31 6 455 939 82 |
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Press Release ScriptumLibre, Februari 7, 2008
ScriptumLibre.org calls for boycott of Trend Micro
WORKUM, The Netherlands -- Friday, February 8, 2008 -- The ScriptumLibre.org Foundation today has issued a call for a worldwide boycott on Trend Micro products. The call comes as a response to a lawsuit filed on January 29th by Trend Micro, which claims that software-security company, Barracuda Networks, is infringing its U.S.-patent on software that filters out viruses on Internet gateway computers. The claim targets the free and open source (FOSS) software program, Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV), and demands that Barracuda either cease distributing with their Web filtering hardware and other products, or pay Trend Micro a licensing fee.
Software vendors that hold software patents tend to maintain a "cold war" amongst each other, collecting patents, and holding on to them for defensive purposes. Rarely are suits filed against one another aggressively. ScriptumLibre's chairman Wiebe van der Worp finds Trend Micro's aggressive use of litigation to be "well beyond the borders of decency," and points to the company's past history of, "extorting organizations such as Symantec and McAfee with similar threats of litigation." However, there are deeper concerns echoed by van der Worp, and others, in the threats this lawsuit holds toward others in the FOSS community. Recognizing this threat, Barracuda CEO, Dean Drako, in a statement to the FOSS community, writes, "Trend Micro’s actions illustrate that ClamAV and other open source projects remain vulnerable to commercial patent holders attempting to unjustly hinder the free and open source community."
As a result, many in the community are banding together, and offering support towards Barracuda, such as Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, who has stated that the "Collective defense from software patents is a shared responsibility for everyone in the free software ecosystem." ScriptumLibre feels that the patent system is fundamentally broken. But just because the system is broken, does not mean that companies should be absolved for abusing that system. The foundation therefore urges the entire IT community, including both the proprietary and FOSS communities, to boycott Trend Micro products.
About ScriptumLibre
ScriptumLibre.org Foundation is the international branch of the Dutch "Stichting Vrijschrift.org". ScriptumLibre creates awareness about the economic and social meaning of free knowledge and culture for our society. The foundation was involved in the successful campaign to keep software patents out of the European Union.
Links and Attachments
Boycott web page with information, banners and cartoons: http://www.scriptumlibre.org/Boycott_Trend_Micro
Barracuda Networks call for help: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/legal/
Contact
Wiebe van der Worp, chairman ScriptumLibre, wiebe at vrijschrift.org tel.: +31 6 455 939 82
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