James Knott wrote: > Patrick Shanahan wrote: >> * John E. Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-07 23:38]: >> >>> Darryl Gregorash wrote: >>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> There are no MS patents in code in any GPL software. There never >>>> will be. >>>> >>> That is a statement that neither you nor anyone else outside of >>> Microsoft management can make. They have gotten thousands of >>> software patents in the past couple of years, and we don't know what >>> they cover, or, more to the point, what Microsoft will _say_ they >>> cover. >>> >> And Mickey$oft's word is good for ???? >> >> > Once they've got a patent, it has to be challenged. Remember what > happened with RIM and the Blackberry. They had to pay about 1/2 billion > for infringing on a patent that was well on it's way to being invalidated. >
Thanks, James. Good to see there's someone else here who doesn't have his head in the sand. -- John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
