Re: Gloobus, A quicklook for linux

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 30 Jul 2008, at 19:36, Robert Renling wrote:

> There's nothing hindering us to do a workalike, accepting it proper
> and then removing it if we're approached by legal representatives.

That would have been a not unreasonable approach, had somebody just  
gone ahead and done it...

However, AIUI (and IANAL), discussing the very possibility of a patent  
infringement has already changed the game, should that approach ever  
happen: there's now "evidence" that somebody thought there might be an  
infringement.  That potentially means a whole bigger lawsuit than  
unwittingly infringing a patent...

Really, it's probably wisest never to discuss the existence or  
otherwise of patents at all, and if you have to, make sure there's a  
lawyer present :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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