dude, screw patents. nobody's gonna sue you and if they do groklaw will go crazy on their ass.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Richard Matthew McCutchen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 16:46 -0500, Shawn Wells wrote: > > 1) So, if any company uses patents/IP from Sony, Red Hat, IBM, NEC, > > Novell, Phillips they lose the ability to sue Red Hat & customers > > 2) If people use Red Hat patents in open-source software, we don't > > pursue them > > 3) If someone does sue a RHEL customer, or Red Hat, we replace the code > > or just buy the IP/patent > > So as I expected, it's the RHEL customers that get the first-class > protection (#3), but perhaps I get some protection. Does #1 apply to my > use of Fedora (i.e., am I a "licensee" of the OIN to the extent that I > use Fedora), or just to Red Hat's commercial customers? > > Matt >
