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Call me an optimist, but I don't see it happening with Larry in charge. Sure, they'll countersue Apple/Oracle/whoever, but I honestly don't see a Larry-run Goo
by redthrowaway 15y ago
Call me an optimist, but I don't see it happening with Larry in charge. Sure, they'll countersue Apple/Oracle/whoever, but I honestly don't see a Larry-run Google attacking competitors with patents outside of countersuits.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoSun never offensively used patents, despite having an impressive pile of them. Then they got bought, and Oracle started suing. I like Google, and I see that they need this deterrence, but let's not pretend that bad stuff can't happen.
- iwwr 15y agoWe could surely use something like GPL for patents.