[OT] Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Kurt Garloff (garloff@kg1.ping.de)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:25:40 +0100

On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 10:36:59PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> $10K, Oh forget it, they countersue for something frivolous you go bankrupt
> they take the patent as part payment, end of problem
>
> Alan

Sadly, american law often results in things like that. Fortunately in most
European countries it's not THAT bad. But you will have problems to defend
your rights in any country if your opponent is much stronger.

-- 
Kurt Garloff <K.Garloff@ping.de>  (Dortmund, FRG)
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