Greg Stein wrote: > Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > David Crossley 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
Oh what a wonderful outcome, to arrive at that clear statement. This allows many people to get back to joyfully doing our project development. Thanks to the community@ list. -- David Crossley --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
