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Re: Red Hat has a point

Re: Red Hat has a point

Posted Jun 4, 2002 9:02 UTC (Tue) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
In reply to: Red Hat has a point by jonlasser
Parent article: Red Hat and software patents

Sorry, I think you're confused. Trademarks are the ones that need defending. Patents you are perfectly allowed to let a billion dollar industry emerge before you start enforcing it.

Remember the GIF patent, that they started complaining about years after everyone was using it for the web.

With patents you can pick and choose who to sue.


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