On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 12:15:18AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> --On Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:54 PM +1000 David Crossley
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >BTW, i thought that Antonio's alert about another potential M$
> >attack was warranted. He seems to care for the ASF as a whole.
> >On which other list is he going to alert us all?
>
> FWIW, the only sensible strategy to software patents is to ignore them
> completely until we get served with a lawsuit. As much as it might sound
> foolish, it's almost the only way to legally protect ourselves. -- justin
I'll go one better and state that is the official ASF position, supported
by our legal counsel.
- Ignore thought-scenarios around patents. Period.
- Don't violate them if you know about them. But do *nothing* about
unknown patents.
If we get a suit brought against us, *then* we take action. Until then,
don't go looking for patent violations. That is not our job. It is the job
of the patent owner. Any research on our part *increases* our liability.
Cheers,
-g
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