> The real lesson here is that they should have pirated the SAS software instead of licensing it. That's a perverse but probably accurate reading of the situat

> The real lesson here is that they should have pirated the SAS software instead of licensing it. That's a perverse but probably accurate reading of the situation. It reminds me of patent advice I've received: never look at a competitor's patents, or even speculate about them. Damages in a patent lawsuit go way up if the infringement was willful, which is automatically assumed if you know about the patent.