Re: M$ licenses Unix
Lets counter sue SCO for Linux/GNU in its OS. It just
occurred to me that this whole SCO suing Linux is a
protective move so that M$ use all the IP the SCO OS
without worrying about GNU that it contains. M$ buys
GNU IP and claims the GNU IP came from M$.
-thoughts?
-tim.
--- John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> Nate writes:
> > I think of it as those many patent fights, person
> A has some patent, goes
> > after a buncha companies/people, some don't want
> the headache of a court
> > fight so they license it outright, the more that
> license it the more
> > legitimate the claim by the patent holder becomes
> and usually makes it
> > easier to win in court later...
>
> Not true. Testimony about other companies licensing
> a contested patent
> would not be admissible: it's irrelevant. The judge
> doesn't care that some
> third company decided that it would be cheaper to
> pay than to fight.
> --
> John Hasler
> john@dhh.gt.org
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, Wisconsin
>
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