Re: Here are some of my ideas for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9

On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 09:37:13AM +0930, Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 16:15 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
What I'm trying to discuss is the right to use a patented technology
which has already been paid for.

I think you'll find patents are a manufacturing, not end-user, thing.
The builder of *some* *thing* is disallowed from building something that
infringes someone else's patent, unless some arrangement is made. It's
too late by the time a customer has their hot little mitts on the
widget.

Um no; patents cover everyone - manufacturers, distributors and end-users
- hence the MS/Novell covenant not to sue *end users*. It just so happens
that its the manufacturers who tend to get sued because that's where the
money is.

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