Mike Hall - MVP wrote:[color=blue]
> "norm" <noone@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:u8mu7cYuJHA.4488@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy'" <me211@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:grm84p$tgk$1@aioe.org...
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>> [url]http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131339[/url]
>>>>> Now ain't that nice, MS gets fined for stealing WPA. The irony! MS
>>>>> gets conviction of stealing the program they use to make sure no
>>>>> one steals from them!
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> Oh, that is priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>>>> - Linus Torvalds
>>>>
>>>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>>>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]
>>>
>>>
>>> Its states an infringement of a patent, not theft directly. Either
>>> way, it has cost MS dear..
>>>
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>> Maybe I misunderstand, but if infringing on a patent is not theft,
>> then how is not adhering to a eula theft? How many times have people
>> in this ng been called thieves because they are outside of the
>> parameters of a eula?
>>
>> --
>> norm[/color]
>
>
> We are not party to how the patent was infringed, that is to say that
> there was no reference to MS knowingly using Uniloc's code. There are,
> however, two things which we do know.
>
> 1. The jurors do not like Microsoft
> 2. The directors of Uniloc will be able to pay themselves a nice bonus
> should they feel the need.. :-)
>
>[/color]
But why is one issue not considered "theft" and the other is? It is not
a question of who likes whom or of bonuses. Is not being in compliance
with a eula theft or not?

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norm