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Current Newswire: HowSoftwareIsBuilt.com interview - Adam Williamson MySQL Founder Warns 5.1 Not Ready Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth? Cool Command Line Apps for GNU/Linux and other Unix Systems Data Encryption and Ubuntu, Part III SECURITY: Blocking Zombie Spam Netblocks Multimedia Support in Fedora 10 The State Of The Tux3 File-System The 2008 Guide To Open Source Hardware Projects Microsoft Cuddles up to Open Source Sr. Developer, Backend Professional Technical Resources US-OR-Portland Post A Job | Post A Resume Walli: When Are You Going to Sue Your Customers? Jan 26, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (8582 reads) (Other stories by Stephen R. Walli) "A lot of noise is made about open source software (OSS) and intellectual property (IP) and the risk inherent in large enterprises using OSS. The high tech headlines are full of news of the SCO Group suit against IBM, large vendors like Microsoft offering unlimited indemnifications against IP suits while claiming people will likely be sued over OSS, and the like. "The rhetoric follows the logic: "OSS developers may be trespassing on all sorts of patents. "OSS developers obviously (sic) don't care about property. "Customers using OSS therefore run the risk of patent infringement suits..." Complete Story Related Stories: LinuxInsider: An Uncommon Commons(Jan 20, 2005) IT Jungle: Will IT Vendors Set Up a Patent Trust?(Jan 16, 2005) The Guardian: The War on Copyright Communists(Jan 11, 2005) Libervis: Copyright... Copywrong(Dec 21, 2004) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Rather verbose    Greg Jan 26, 2005, 01:52:45     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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