Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Company B cannot make counterclaims from its defensive patent > portfolio, because that would invoke the termination clause and kill > its modified version. Company B has no practical defence against this > lawsuit, so the modified version is killed. They have been effectively > trapped in a double-bind.
Why are we concerned about people who patent pieces of software while claiming that they'll only use these patents defensively? There's always the possibility that they'll use them against free software authors in the future. I'm not convinced that encouraging patent suits under any circumstances is desperately important. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
