*VERY* well stated, Tim!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Roberts</b> <<a href="mailto:timr@probo.com">timr@probo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:41:19 -0400, "Eric Nicholson"<br><<a href="mailto:enicholson@gmail.com">enicholson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm also not a lawyer, but...<br>><br>> I previously would have agreed about the protections in the license, but
<br>> until the whole claim of 135 Patent violations in Linux clears up, I'm not<br>> sure. MS Legal needs to prove that they can be trusted.<br><br>In all fairness, please remember that (a) the 235 patent violation claim
<br>was made in the media, not in the courts -- it was for PR purposes, not<br>for litigation purposes; (b) they haven't actually sued anyone yet, nor<br>even said they will do so; and (c) the people they would sue were not
<br>covered by any license at all. Also remember that it is the JOB of<br>Microsoft's legal department to defend their patent portfolio. They<br>don't have to have to earn anyone's trust.<br><br>The license associated with IronPython is quite specific about patent
<br>rights. Microsoft treats its licenses very seriously. In my opinion,<br>there's nothing to worry about here.<br><br>--<br>Tim Roberts, <a href="mailto:timr@probo.com">timr@probo.com</a><br>Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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