[Zope] Re: Software Patents and Content Management Systems

[Tres Seaver]

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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.
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