The critical part is the employer disclaimer
Posted May 24, 2004 20:22 UTC (Mon) by
erwbgy (subscriber, #4104)
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The critical part is the employer disclaimer by MathFox
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Linus on documenting patch provenance
I love this quote from Linus (in this month's Linux User and Developer):
"I do not look up any patents on principle, because (a) it's a horrible
waste of time and (b) I don't want to know. The fact is, technical people
are better off not looking at patents. If you don't know what they cover
and where they are, you won't be knowingly infringing on them. If
somebody sues you, you change the algorithm or you just hire a hitman to
whack the stupid git."
He later noted that this "may not be legally tenable advice" :-)
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