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From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A reply on the RTLinux discussion.
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:31:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CF3BED5.6E194618@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200205281612.g4SGC4t03662@localhost.localdomain>

Hi,

James Bottomley wrote:

> Actually, a patent does do exactly this.  A patent gives you a "negative"
> right to exclude anyone from using your patented method or process.  If you
> choose never to licence your patent (as is your right to do so) you block
> everyone else from making use of it.

Hmm, I didn't know that. I must have misunderstood something, I'm sorry
about that.

> In general, about the only restrictions on patents and their licensing
> arrangements in the US are the antitrust laws.  See:
> 
> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/guidelines/ipguide.htm
> 
> for a good guide from the horse's mouth.

Uh, that's quite a lot of lawyer language, something like this is
already difficult to understand in the native language. Could you point
me to the relevant section, I misunderstood? I couldn't find it.

bye, Roman

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-28 17:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-28 16:12 A reply on the RTLinux discussion James Bottomley
2002-05-28 17:31 ` Roman Zippel [this message]
2002-05-28 18:03   ` James Bottomley
2002-05-28 21:21     ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-05-29  8:58       ` Peter Wächtler
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-29 12:36 Rose, Billy
2002-05-29 19:46 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-29 19:58   ` Mark Mielke
     [not found] <57.c083d0f.2a237c49@aol.com>
2002-05-27 12:36 ` RTAI/RtLinux Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-28 12:04   ` A reply on the RTLinux discussion yodaiken
2002-05-28 14:37     ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-28 15:57       ` Alan Cox
2002-05-28 15:11         ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-28 16:45           ` Alan Cox
2002-05-29  0:31             ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-29  1:34               ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-29  3:11                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-29  8:53                   ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-05-29 13:54                 ` Dana Lacoste
2002-05-29 15:17                   ` Alan Cox
2002-05-29 14:20                     ` Dana Lacoste
2002-05-29 15:15                       ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-29 17:43                         ` Dana Lacoste
2002-05-29 18:26                           ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-29 15:31                       ` Alan Cox
2002-05-29 15:45                       ` yodaiken
2002-05-29 17:40                         ` Dana Lacoste
2002-06-03 10:09                       ` Rob Landley
2002-05-29 13:24               ` Alan Cox
2002-05-29 13:43                 ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-29 14:59                   ` Alan Cox
2002-05-29 20:18                     ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-31 11:57                 ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-31 21:34                   ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-31 23:19                   ` yodaiken
2002-05-28 15:19     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-28 15:39       ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-28 16:00         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-06-01 20:37       ` Michael Barabanov

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