Hi *,

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 07:59:30PM +0200, Alex Thurgood wrote:
> 
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm
> 
> Anyone from Sun Legal ou there ? Thought not :-) 

Sun has made this "We won't sue you if you don't" deal in the past, so
StarOffice is fine (and indirectly OpenOffice.org, since Sun is the
copyright holder)

> Let's face it, Sun Legal must know which bits of code were accused of being 
> infringing patents in StarOffice,

How would Sun know if MS doesn't tell? 
http://www.crn.com/software/199501735
,----
| Notably, Smith and Gutierrez declined to name any of the specific
| patents they believe have been violated, claiming that doing so would
| invite open-source software advocates to begin pelting the patents with
| legal challenges.
`----

> and some of that code must be in OOo, since 
> in the end a deal was signed to settle all outstanding software patent 
> litigation, so is there any chance of a person like myself (who is sworn to 
> professional secrecy and bears privilege) getting access to that information 
> so I can take a look at it in my spare time ? 

I'm sure, you won't. Microsoft just spreads some FUD and doesn't name
the facts.

ciao
Christain
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