On 15/09/2007, Doug Barton <dougb_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Justin Smith wrote: > > > FYI: > > > > Network Appliance suing Sun over ZFS > > > > http://blogs.netapp.com/dave/2007/09/netapp-sues-sun.html > > Please note, I am not a lawyer, and if your business depends on ZFS you > should contact a competent attorney if you have legal concerns. > > Both sides are suing each other, and the _likely_ outcome will be that > they come to some sort of agreement, which will probably involve > licensing, and some money changing hands. Yes, cross-licensing is what this is likely all about. Richard Stallman's "The Dangers of Software Patents" speech comes to mind: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6390784544771380326&q=cuug C.Received on Sat Sep 15 2007 - 20:04:41 UTC
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