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- From: Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
- To: Erik Josefsson <erikjosefsson@telia.com>
- Cc: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 10:51:27 +0200 (CEST)
> > Yes, that's it exactly. Even if IBM holds back from crushing us with
> > patents (which is not certain), we can hardly expect all patent
> > holders to be so kind.
>
> On a panel of LinuxTag Stuttgart 2001, someone asked IBM patent lawyer
> Fritz Teufel something like "Would IBM sue a free software project?". I
> dont have notes of the question (sorry) but the answer was "The
> programmer is responsible. IBM would give a licence when there is public
> interest behind it".
>
> I guess IBM is defining what "public interest" is.
That was at WOS 2001
http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2001/wos/
in Berlin. Unfortunately the URL does not hold its promise, the dialog
isn't documented.
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