MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-05-19 |
| FROM | Dave Williams
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Federal Solution
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Ruben -
If you are still considering an angle to approach a congressional
representative with regarding SCO, consider the possibility that the
Federal Government could formally take ownership of the Unix copyrights.
I read somewhere that during the second World War the government took
control of patents for certain elements of aircraft design so that all
of the manufacturers could use them. Our national defense depended on
building aircraft unencumbered by such petty issues.
If the feds could be convinced that the original Unix design is
something that needs to be available to any operating system developer
as a matter of national economic policy, they could assume ownership and
nullify any future claims of infringement.
Just a thought.
- Dave
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