Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:31:45 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120806173145.5f4efd66@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120806214830.27efcf77.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208051330090.21508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> <20120805214321.17a02e43@papi> <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio> <20120806183717.ed53868f.steve@sohara.org> <CAHhngE3pu6tDZ2D8kvi3O3vitDUxf4MjDUnpbVJ%2BDDnOr9CHWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120806214830.27efcf77.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:48:30 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:08:19 +0000, David Brodbeck wrote: > > Now, it's reasonable to argue that in some fields the duration of > > that limited monopoly is too long, given how quickly technology > > advances, but that doesn't mean the concept isn't sound. > > It's also debatable if one of today's most prominent use > of patents is fair: "I tell you! I have patents! You are > infringing! I'm not gonna tell you which patents about > what, but I'll sue all your users!" Of course, if such > a claim enters a court, it might be verified or discarded > (because it's just a claim, nothing applicable). In order > not to "risk" a lawsuit, it seems that spreading FUD is > often the more profitable way of using patents: "I told > you! I have patents! But if you pay me $$$, maybe I won't > sue you and your users. Maybe... but now PAY!!!" How many verifiable (the key word here is verifiable) cases can you name where party A paid party B over an undisclosed patient solely on the bases that party B might institute legal action? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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