RE: Re: Pushing back the barriers and beingdemolished by IBM

"ron.hilton" <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 08:37:55 -0700
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Jay,

 

If Open Source Mainframes, Inc. (OSMI?) has enough funds to have an attorney
draft a form license agreement along the lines I suggested (non-commercial
rights to OSMI, commercially sublicensable to IBM), my offer stands to file
a limited number of PPAs for the cost of filing on behalf of Hercules
developers who execute that agreement with OSMI. As I suggested, it would
probably be well to do an internal review by the Hercules development
community first to decide which applications are most worth pursuing.

 

Thanks,

 

Ron Hilton

 

  _____  

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Maynard
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 8:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [hercules-advocacy] Re: Pushing back the barriers and
beingdemolished by IBM

 

  

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:20:50AM -0700, ron.hilton wrote:
> It would not be up to the investor to mount an infringement lawsuit
against
> IBM. That would be up to Hercules. Although Hercules essentially has no
> funds, if it had some truly valuable IP, there would likely be law firms
> willing to take the case on contingency. And IBM knows that, and thus
would
> be motivated to settle, especially since Hercules would primarily be
seeking
> non-monetary consideration (as long as lawyers don't need to get involved
in
> a big way) such as immunity from IBM patents for non-commercial Hercules
> use, hobbyist software licensing, etc.

Just a note: The "Hercules, Inc" you refer to actually exists. It's a
nonprofit, soon-to-be-charity (of the 501(c)(3) variety) named Open Source
Mainframes, Inc. It would have some funds, but not enough to wage a
high-powered patent fight of the type required to have any sort of a chance
at beating IBM.
-- 
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
http://www.hercules-390.org (Yes, that's me!)
Buy Hercules stuff at http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390





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      <p>Jay,<br>
<br>
If Open Source Mainframes, Inc. (OSMI?) has enough funds to have an attorney<br>
draft a form license agreement along the lines I suggested (non-commercial<br>
rights to OSMI, commercially sublicensable to IBM), my offer stands to file<br>
a limited number of PPAs for the cost of filing on behalf of Hercules<br>
developers who execute that agreement with OSMI. As I suggested, it would<br>
probably be well to do an internal review by the Hercules development<br>
community first to decide which applications are most worth pursuing.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Ron Hilton<br>
<br>
_____  <br>
<br>
From: <a href="mailto:hercules-advocacy%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:hercules-advocacy%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>] On Behalf Of Jay Maynard<br>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 8:24 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:hercules-advocacy%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a><br>
Subject: Re: [hercules-advocacy] Re: Pushing back the barriers and<br>
beingdemolished by IBM<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:20:50AM -0700, ron.hilton wrote:<br>
&gt; It would not be up to the investor to mount an infringement lawsuit<br>
against<br>
&gt; IBM. That would be up to Hercules. Although Hercules essentially has no<br>
&gt; funds, if it had some truly valuable IP, there would likely be law firms<br>
&gt; willing to take the case on contingency. And IBM knows that, and thus<br>
would<br>
&gt; be motivated to settle, especially since Hercules would primarily be<br>
seeking<br>
&gt; non-monetary consideration (as long as lawyers don't need to get involved<br>
in<br>
&gt; a big way) such as immunity from IBM patents for non-commercial Hercules<br>
&gt; use, hobbyist software licensing, etc.<br>
<br>
Just a note: The &quot;Hercules, Inc&quot; you refer to actually exists. It's a<br>
nonprofit, soon-to-be-charity (of the 501(c)(3) variety) named Open Source<br>
Mainframes, Inc. It would have some funds, but not enough to wage a<br>
high-powered patent fight of the type required to have any sort of a chance<br>
at beating IBM.<br>
-- <br>
Jay Maynard, K5ZC <a href="http://www.conmicro.com">http://www.conmicro.com</a><br>
<a href="http://jmaynard.livejournal.com">http://jmaynard.livejournal.com</a> <a href="http://www.tronguy.net">http://www.tronguy.net</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hercules-390.org">http://www.hercules-390.org</a> (Yes, that's me!)<br>
Buy Hercules stuff at <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390">http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390</a><br>
<br>
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