Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux

Marek Habersack (grendel@vip.maestro.com.pl)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:45:11 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > HP printers like a champ with no windows around.
> > But what about the legalese? If the protocols are prioprietary to M$ then you
>
> What about the legalese ?
You'd have to licence the protocols (if their legal status requires that - and
it seems probable knowing the M$ ways of doing things)

> > can't legally use them in a free product? So what's the use of the fact that
> > you know how the protocol works?
>
> Of course I can use them. At worst US citizens couldnt use it cos they have a
> fucked up patent system.
And what share of users does the US market have?

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