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Re: [opensuse] Microsoft ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 bln in patent case - MarketWatch
- From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:37:59 -0500
- Message-id: <45E1BB67.2060103@xxxxxxxxxx>
Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
> On Saturday 24 February 2007 21:44, M Harris wrote:
>
>> this is why software patents ARE EVIL!
>>
>
> Absolutely. If this keeps up, our whole society will grind to a halt.
>
> Meanwhile, people should have enough sense to switch to FREE, OPEN formats
> whenever one is available!
>
>
One problem is that even open formats are not free of patent risk. You
don't have to even know about a patent, to violate it.
Also, some are overly broad, so as to make it difficult to avoid
infringing, if you develop something similar.
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> On Saturday 24 February 2007 21:44, M Harris wrote:
>
>> this is why software patents ARE EVIL!
>>
>
> Absolutely. If this keeps up, our whole society will grind to a halt.
>
> Meanwhile, people should have enough sense to switch to FREE, OPEN formats
> whenever one is available!
>
>
One problem is that even open formats are not free of patent risk. You
don't have to even know about a patent, to violate it.
Also, some are overly broad, so as to make it difficult to avoid
infringing, if you develop something similar.
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