Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Ooh, ooh, the bogeyman is gonna getcha with his stupid patents. Or maybe
> not.
>
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> | My reasons for not worrying are:
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> | 1. The recent KSR decision by the Supreme Court on obviousness...
> |
> | 2. FSF has told us that its lawyers believe that Microsoft has already
> | become a distributor of GPL'd Linux...
Exactly what I was thinking.
You cannot knowingly sell something which you knew to be violating
your IP and then claim compensation. A judge has the power
to look at that under a microscope and refuse all injunctive relief.
> | 3. Prior art searching is better organized.
> |
> | 4. What kind of companies threaten to hurt you if you don't pay them
> | protection money?
> |
> | 5. To actually sue, Microsoft has to sue its own customers.
> |
> | 6. The Pentagon uses FOSS.
> |
> | 7. This is, to me, Darl II...
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> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070513234519615
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> First steps in the patent protection racket
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> | Vista isn't selling as well as expected. Hints that Linux
> | infringes Microsoft's patents aren't working well as a protection
> | racket. And the third revision of the General Public Licence is
> | due to come into force soon.
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>
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12126/1090/
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