Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 19:04:05 -0500 From: dmaddox@scsn.net (Donald J. Maddox) To: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> Cc: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The BSD License Message-ID: <19980201190405.50281@scsn.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980201185351.9009A-100000@echonyc.com>; from Snob Art Genre on Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 06:54:21PM -0500 References: <19980130204429.65423@scsn.net> <Pine.GSO.3.96.980201185351.9009A-100000@echonyc.com>
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On Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 06:54:21PM -0500, Snob Art Genre wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Donald J. Maddox wrote: > > > It should be noted, however, that Ms. Poland is in _sales_, so the very > > idea of seeing anything based on LZS being distributed for free is very > > likely abhorrent to her :-) She is not a lawyer, so she may be completely > > wrong in her belief that anything at all based on LZS is covered by STAC's > > patents, but I'm not a lawyer, either, and can't afford to find out that > > she _was_ right in court. > > It sounds like you might do well to acquire a different contact at that > company. I would probably do better with my own legal counsel, but that's $$$. I am probably gonna write the STAC compression code anyway, for my own amusement, even if I can't integrate it into FBSD.
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