On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:37:17 +0100 Steve O'Hara-Smith articulated: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400 > Jerry <je...@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. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
