Google patent loss: no guilt
Google patent loss: no guilt
Posted May 11, 2011 13:51 UTC (Wed) by robbe (guest, #16131)In reply to: Google patent loss: no guilt by giraffedata
Parent article: A victory for the trolls
Amazingly, in German the same word is used for "being guilty" and "owing something". Maybe its the same in colloquial English, as opposed to technical legalese?
"debt to society" comes to mind. Historically criminal guilt and civil debt seem to be closely linked.
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