*VERY* well stated, Tim! On 6/1/07, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:41:19 -0400, "Eric Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also not a lawyer, but... > > I previously would have agreed about the protections in the license, but > until the whole claim of 135 Patent violations in Linux clears up, I'm not > sure. MS Legal needs to prove that they can be trusted. In all fairness, please remember that (a) the 235 patent violation claim was made in the media, not in the courts -- it was for PR purposes, not for litigation purposes; (b) they haven't actually sued anyone yet, nor even said they will do so; and (c) the people they would sue were not covered by any license at all. Also remember that it is the JOB of Microsoft's legal department to defend their patent portfolio. They don't have to have to earn anyone's trust. The license associated with IronPython is quite specific about patent rights. Microsoft treats its licenses very seriously. In my opinion, there's nothing to worry about here. -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
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