Hi: The new tactic is to 'appear' to grant patent rights to open-source developers.
Brief: . Sun CDDL is incompatible with GPL. . Sun can sue folks who work on Linux rather than Solaris. . IBM is lobbying for software patents in Europe. . software patent lawsuits come with defence cost of $3 million (average). . small/medium proprietary software companies are at maximum risk. For the complete story, visit: http://news.com.com/2102-1071_3-5557340.html?tag=st.util.print Take home: Every significant software program and business Web site today infringes on one or more software patents granted in the United States. -- thanks Saifi Khan. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
