On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:59:41AM +0200, M�ns Rullg�rd wrote: > 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.
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