From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzswing.ncsc.mil (jazzswing.ncsc.mil [144.51.68.65]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA03088 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 07:07:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jazzswing.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzswing.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id LAA16834 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:07:23 GMT Received: from mozart.fwsystems.com ([168.103.120.17]) by jazzswing.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id LAA16830 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:07:23 GMT Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 07:07:10 -0400 From: forrest whitcher To: Crispin Cowan Cc: Admissions Office , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Russell Coker , jw@centraltexasit.com, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, "Haigh, Tom" , Carsten Grohmann , linux-security-module@wirex.com Subject: Re: SELinux to GPL or not to GPL Message-Id: <20020607070710.1f2fba80.fw@fwsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <3CFFF44B.2090903@wirex.com> References: <3CFFF44B.2090903@wirex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 16:46:19 -0700 (unchecked - local sync NTPstrat4) Crispin Cowan did inscribe thusly: > This is misinformation. What JMJones says applies to TRADEMARK, not > patents. Patent holder's rights endure, regardless of prior actions. See > the UNISYS/GIF patent fiasco. I have to differ on this. I've worked for 20 years in medical devices, in areas where virtually no device can be developed without consideration of your own and competitors's patents. Our patent attorneys were very clear on the effects of not persuing violations, you can effectively lose much of the value of your patent not doing so. This does not imply that the patent will become invalid, rather that your ability to obtain a judgement in court will be hampered if you fail to inform / take action wrt violators. Effectively a competitor may be able to practice your patent *until* you inform them. probably without financial penalty. (That said, if a court later finds that a violator of a patent undertook the violation knowingly you're looking at treble-damages) forrest -- You have received this message because you are subscribed to the selinux list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.