Comments on: Torvalds plays pro bono lawyer to Linux community http://www.901am.com/2008/torvalds-plays-pro-bono-lawyer-to-linux-community.html New Media News Every Morning Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Raskolnikov http://www.901am.com/2008/torvalds-plays-pro-bono-lawyer-to-linux-community.html/comment-page-1#comment-19551 Raskolnikov Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:32:18 +0000 http://www.901am.com/2008/torvalds-plays-pro-bono-lawyer-to-linux-community.html#comment-19551 I'm pretty sure the advice he'll be handing out will be more of a technical nature, to assist with legal defense. Example: Company A gets letter from companies S, C, and O stating that the free software they own violates several patents. No patents are specified, and no proof is ever presented. Linus might be able to answer some questions about whether the complaints might possibly hold any water. I’m pretty sure the advice he’ll be handing out will be more of a technical nature, to assist with legal defense.

Example: Company A gets letter from companies S, C, and O stating that the free software they own violates several patents. No patents are specified, and no proof is ever presented. Linus might be able to answer some questions about whether the complaints might possibly hold any water.

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