Rackspace accused of patent infringement for hosting Github

sigh...

Access is denied. any mirrors?

The patents were issued and the law must be enforced. You might not like it -- so change it! Reminds me of when Teddy Roosevelt vigorously enforced prohibition to the point that is really pissed people off. The point that I gleaned from this was that he wanted people to stand up and change the law.

I hope that patent trolls raise a stink and enforce their rights because it will hopefully lead to change.

UPDATE: see comments below.. I was incorrect in that he enforced prohibition. It was liquor sales on Sunday that he was enforcing as police commissioner in new york.

The gist (ha) is that Github and Rackspace themselves use some techniques that are described in those patents. Because of that they're now being sued for patent infringement.

It's an 'obvious' patent troll, I doubt these patents would even hold up in court but 'till then...