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[Anthony E. Greene]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Johan Wevers wrote:
>You, Werner Koch, wrote:
>
>>> A negligible chance IMO. Probably just as negligible that Ascom would go
>>> after private users of IDEA who also use it for their buissiness mails.
>
>> BTW, ascoms also requires a license from you if you use therei
>> algorithm on a machine which you also youse for business.  And
>> buisiness is a lot for them: even voluntary work for a charity.
>
>Yes, that is what they state formally. But have they ever actually sued?
>There are many examples where companies claim all kinds of rights just in
>case they would want to sue once, but where they in practice never do.

Someone deciding on their own to take such a risk is different from
someone else recommending it to them without being explicit about the risk
involved.

Tony
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