On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 12:52, Robert Eanes wrote:
> I like it ... I don't like it. Yes, MS has put it's
> neck on the block, sort of, by opeing source code.
> And, they probably will pursue any and all legal means
> to ( and illegal means ) discourge anyone from
> "copying" that source or developing direvative works.
> But, at least in this country, a MS would have to get
> my the "burden of proof" issue. ie. if I looks at 100
> pieces of source code and develop a piece of software
> based on industry norms it would be extremely
> difficult to say that I copied MS source code. Then
> again Gates has what, at least 45 billion to hire
> lawyers ... oops.
that's what I think is the biggest danger. not that they could actually
"win" anything, unless someone really did copy verbatim, but that they
could get the whole thing tied up in legal proceedings for long enough
to make e.g. Linux no longer viable as a platform through both inability
to do any further development and by making corporate/gov'ts too scared
from any potential legal action to want to use it.
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