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Re: Lawsuit over the tzdata package

 



is it really an astrology software co?

> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 01:51:17 -0400
> From: skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ubuntu-us-ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-us-ohio] Lawsuit over the tzdata package
> 
> And now The Register has a bit more complete of a story on this: 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/unix_time_zone_database_destroyed/
> 
> Business doesn't innovate any more, only litigate it seems.
> 
> SMK
> 
> On 10/06/2011 09:47 PM, James Gifford wrote:
> > Andrew, it's probably something with patent infringement - that's
> > about the only thing people sue for in the software arena these days..
> > Cheers,
> > James Gifford
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Andrew Pullins<android2772@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >> why are they getting sued?
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:35 PM, James Gifford<james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Only though I have is "wow".
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat
> >>> <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >>>> I caught wind of this today via Identica:
> >>>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/4133
> >>>>
> >>>> The discussion thread on Identica is here:
> >>>> http://identi.ca/conversation/84414961
> >>>>
> >>>> Any thoughts out there?
> >>>>
> >>>> SMK
> >>>>
> >>>>
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