linux-kernel - Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers)

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Date:	Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:23:53 -0300
From:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
To:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
cc:	Trent Waddington <trent.waddington@...il.com>,
	"Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
	Erik Mouw <erik@...ddisk-recovery.com>,
	Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@...pop.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers) 

Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at> wrote:

[...]

> I don't know about others but I wouldn't write an offer with a fixed
> price for "look into assembler dumps, reverse engineer it and find an
> infringement on a list of given patents" so the patent holder has to
> list the patents and the amount of my time to invest (and then he will
> get a price for it and no guarantees of success).

And them you'd have to testify (as an expert witness, AFAIU). Having
legally demostrable expertise in the area isn't easy, I suppose.
-- 
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