> This is typical microsoft bogosity, comparable to the recent
> unix nastiness from SCO.
>
> legally, I think they're on awfully shaky ground, having permitted
> unlicensed use of FAT for many years now, without making much (any?)
> noise.  If you want to claim you own IP, you have to make visible
> efforts to protect it.

How true imho, on both accounts. Unfortunately the current sco problem
shows you what can happen, and in the us it seems that if someone with
enough money thinks he owns your haircut, then it's a question of when,
not whether, he owns it. The fact that you'd win the lawsuit after 5
years, 2 heart attacks, breaking up your family, making you unemployable
and/or bankrupt and selling everything you own is irrelevant.

Peter

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