Re: Do procmail and spamassassin violate this "patent"?

Igor Chudov wrote:
> Read this jaw dropping article about how someone "patented" what has
> been done by procmail for many, many years.
>
> http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201802746
>

First of all, how can you sue someone or an organization for something like this? How can you prove any "loss" that needs to be refunded? I'm not claiming to know anything about patients, or big business, or even what the article is about (because I didn't read it), but as far as I know about suing someone/something, you have to be able to prove how it is a loss to you/your company.

Second, how is this related to Spamassassin? Maybe some of the Spamassassin team can comment. How much worries are there when developing Spamassassin, as far as getting sued?

-=Aubrey=- Received on Thu Aug 30 20:12:31 2007