Re: Sorry
The FOSS guys use the m$ code on everything, and after a couple of years when everyone is using bits of m$ code in everything... then comes the shakedown for money with "Its patented by us.. pay us money or else"
No. That can't happen.
From the MIT Licence :-
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so
Note that it says "rights", not "copyrights". The former encompasses the latter, but also includes any other rights you might need. Thus there is an implicit patent grant there, since that is one of the necessary rights.
Vic.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
