[NTLUG:Discuss] Off Topic, but relevant

[Carl Haddick]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 02:35:53PM -0600, Chris Cox wrote:
> Bug Hunter wrote:
> >  Another reason to use MySQL or Postgres.  Any MS SQL server user that 
> >writes specific code to access the SQL server data is potentially liable 
> >for royalties to Timeline, Inc, according to a Washington state court:
> 
> Reading the information, looks like Timeline was being attacked
> by the M$ monopoly engine and figured out a novel way to
> REALLY hurt M$, by hurting M$ customers directly.
> 

Without addressing the rationality of how certain commands entered into
a system could violate copyright (could I write C source that would
infringe on a C compiler's author's copyright?), I see one potential
benefit to society out of this.

Could enforcement of Timeline's claims prove to be the ultimate cure for
the MS Slapper worm? :-)

Enquiring minds must know, at least to the point our queries become
infringments on intellecual property rights...

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