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RE: M$ licenses Unix



You have to own the copyright...

DM

On Mon, 19 May 2003 18:27:16 -0700 (PDT) Timothy Webster <tdwebste0@yahoo.com> wrote:
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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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