Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 59493 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2005 05:30:18 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Jul 2005 05:30:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 4671 invoked by uid 500); 16 Jul 2005 05:30:16 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 4439 invoked by uid 500); 16 Jul 2005 05:30:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact legal-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list legal-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 4426 invoked by uid 99); 16 Jul 2005 05:30:15 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:30:15 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [203.114.48.52] (HELO f2.hedhman.org) (203.114.48.52) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:30:10 -0700 Received: from f2.hedhman.org (f2.hedhman.org [127.0.0.1]) by f2.hedhman.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j6G5ToGs011001 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:30:02 +0800 From: Niclas Hedhman Organization: Private To: legal-discuss@apache.org Subject: Re: IBM and Apache [offtopic] Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:29:49 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20050715230454.GA43792@mail26b.sbc-webhosting.com> <42D88BC1.5010505@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <42D88BC1.5010505@apache.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507161329.49512.niclas@hedhman.org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Saturday 16 July 2005 12:23, Ian Holsman wrote: > but I was wondering if Microsoft have/has had a history of aggressively > using their patent portfolio to stop other companies, or to get royality > payments from 3rd parties. It was seen by many OpenSource advocates that the RAND demand of a fee for the patent covering the FAT/FAT32 filesystem was an attempt to stop open source efforts, such as GNU/Linux. Visio is another well-protected product with patented technology. Any attempt to read/create Visio file formats has been / will be hindered by MS legal department. Those are the cases I know of. Cheers Niclas --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Discussions on this list are informational and educational only, are not privileged and do not constitute legal advice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: legal-discuss-unsubscribe@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: legal-discuss-help@apache.org