[ros-general] Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT

[Vizzini]

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 16:03, Casper Hornstrup wrote:
> http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp

I had a discussion with a patent lawyer who confirmed that anyone who
makes, sells, offers to sell, or ***uses*** a patented invention
(device, process, etc) is infringing on that patent.

End users can and do get sued, and developers can get sued too.  You can
find examples of end-users getting sued if you search around a bit.

We need to formulate a policy as it relates to IP, probably pretty
quickly.

 -Vizzini