James D. Parra wrote: > This is a good article; > > http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12212/53/ > > "Even if hypothetically there are patent infringements in the Linux kernel, > then the open source community would do the right thing and remove the > offending code and, because open source development moves so rapidly, that > means Linux would no longer be infringing before it even got to court. So > even if Microsoft did have a case, by the time it got to court the case > would be gone and whatever damages that they were able to ask for would be > very minimal." > > ~James >
Thus explaining Microsoft's refusal to name patents. I doubt that, even given the argument that some court finds some of these patents valid, Microsoft would WANT that code removed. Kinda like SCO. And I still want to know the date on those patents Microsoft claims that it has and when it actually noticed this. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
