From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 6 17:37:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF904106564A for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from uk1rly2283.eechost.net (relay01a.mail.uk1.eechost.net [217.69.40.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A0D8FC0C for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:37:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [31.186.37.179] (helo=rpi-1.marelmo.com) by uk1rly2283.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SyRAj-00049s-Ie for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:32:53 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.marelmo.com) by rpi-1.marelmo.com with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SyRF6-0006GL-8T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:37:24 +0100 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:37:17 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20120806183717.ed53868f.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> <20120805214321.17a02e43@papi> <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.3 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Auth-Info: 15567@permanet.ie (plain) Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:37:27 -0000 On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400 Jerry wrote: > Yes you can. You are stating a commonly held incorrect belief. You can > always request a license from the patient holder. No one, well no one > interested in monetary compensation would patient anything unless they > were: > > ⁽¹⁾ Intended to use the patents in such a way that they would directly > profit from it > > ⁽²⁾ Intended to lease the patent rights or outright sell the patent. [3] Want to prevent anyone else from using it to break into their market. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/