Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My understanding is that the opposition to software patents has > engendered a belief that ANY risk is too great. For political > reasons, this may be the right course of action. However, from a > legal perspective, if I were advising a client I would look at the > benefits and risks of the issue. Has a software patent ever been > enforced against a Linux distriubtion? If it has, what were the > results? (I'm guess nothing more that a cease and dissist order).
Not a Linux distribution, but the ECP in France was scared by DTS Inc into taking libdts/libdca offline. The threat: an invalid patent, nonetheless granted by the EPO. -- M�ns Rullg�rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
