-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Florent Guillaume wrote:
> Linus Torvalds and others have suggested that from a legal point of view > it is a bad idea to read through existing patents to see if some apply > to your software, because it shows you were aware of being infringing on > them. Under US law, knowing infringement triples the damages. Lobbying is one thing, but one we in the US can't help with (for the current EU jockeying, anway). Contributing to a "prior art" portfolio which enables attacks on such patents might be another useful tactic. Tres. - -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zope Corporation "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCUpz2GqWXf00rNCgRAo+sAJ4idDZX7t6riVx9YF/cFmsQz47uWACfRnBU 61l/nyktbbT9Ghi6/ZcvUP4= =yFnV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
