Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

[Steve O'Hara-Smith]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400
Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:

> Yes you can. You are stating a commonly held incorrect belief. You can
> always request a license from the patient holder. No one, well no one
> interested in monetary compensation would patient anything unless they
> were:
> 
> ⁽¹⁾ Intended to use the patents in such a way that they would directly
> profit from it
> 
> ⁽²⁾ Intended to lease the patent rights or outright sell the patent.

[3] Want to prevent anyone else from using it to break into their market.

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