Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:37:57 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120806143757.7a1a23b7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120806183717.ed53868f.steve@sohara.org> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208051330090.21508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> <20120805214321.17a02e43@papi> <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio> <20120806183717.ed53868f.steve@sohara.org>
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:37:17 +0100 Steve O'Hara-Smith articulated: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400 > Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> 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. That would be inclusive in my 1st. reason I listed. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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