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IBM already paid the sofa change to get rights to the patents. It wouldn't have really mattered to them.

But, there is a clean room GPLed implementation of Java (Kaffe?), and they don't license it from Sun, IBM, or whoever, so...

But as some previous poster said, the project may not have enough to license the patents for the 5-10 years they are valid but might have enough to void them throught the PubPat. The ball is in Kodak's court.

As for Sun, I understand why they did it (patent cost << cost of litigation + time), and they continue to meet my expectations of severe disappointment in matters of foresight and management.
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So much for that patent beng tossed..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/07/04
The reality Bit...  Tim Patterson | 10/07/04
Seems silly that they would not appeal...  Patrick Jones | 10/07/04
Seems like...  rapson | 10/08/04
That would make these patents the "fathers" of object technology  Taz_z | 10/07/04
For that to happen someone first has to try it  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
Or, how about this one...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/07/04
Pretty fair statement  IT_User | 10/07/04
no one probably did  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
just another example why patents...  Arm A. Geddon | 10/07/04
just another example why open source is scared.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/07/04
open souce scared?  Arm A. Geddon | 10/08/04
just who IS open source according to you  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
Ax, give it up...  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/08/04
Actually...  IT_Critic | 10/08/04
you are right  NemesisNL | 10/08/04
su bought these licenses for the same reason  V Sanders | 10/08/04
Ahhh, poor Sun  FilledOut | 10/08/04
Share a moment ...  Ardian Daka | 10/08/04
Surely this is a rip off of DCE!  Nigel Johnstone | 10/08/04
Open Source Java?  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
Huh?  doe_z | 10/08/04
Not just IBM  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
So what does this mean...  rapson | 10/08/04
GPL?  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04

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