-----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 tseaver@zope.com 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-----