On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 12:04:48PM -0500, wayne wrote:
Then according to RFC 3668 we can safely ignore the IPR claims is
irrelevant and frivilous like it has been done before with IDN and
IPSec. Or can we?
Both Margaret and Yakov suggest that "we" can ignore the MS patent.
There is clearly a risk involved for those who do, but apparently both
feel that the risk is pretty small.
Would those of you who suggest ignoring the patent please also
volunteer to pay for any and all costs associated with a (potential)
lawsuit from MS for not using their license?
If the risks are really as small as you two suggest, surely this
wouldn't be a problem for you to do. If you are not willing to pay
such costs, why are you suggesting that people like me who write and
distribute software that would violate the patent take that risk?
I, for one, am not prepared to ignore the patent claim. Doing so would
be naive and irrational. It would be irrational to ignore microsoft's
past and go on like nothing ever happened. The patent claim is
potentially dangerous, and ignoring it will not make it any less so.
Koen Martens
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