Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:37:17 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120806183717.ed53868f.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio> 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>
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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. -- 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/
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