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Re:Time-zone database used by Unix shut down due to IP litig... by jbooth on Thursday October 06, 2011 @04:51PM (#3081601)
Guess I needed the snark tag. Thought the unix and java line would be a dead giveaway.
Re:Time-zone database used by Unix shut down due to IP litig... by aw3c2 on Thursday October 06, 2011 @05:15PM (#3081692)
I missed it too and so I downvoted your post.

HN being a site full of entrepeneurs I often see concepts about society and rights where I feel sick in my stomach, so your post did not seem very unusual to me.

Re:Time-zone database used by Unix shut down due to IP litig... by wladimir on Friday October 07, 2011 @09:30AM (#3083838)
Yes, I'm sorry I downvoted you too before I realized you were making a joke (no way to undo it, though I upvoted this post to make up for it). I guess it wasn't over-the-top enough, there are people that would mean that seriously, and defend copyright and patent trolls.