Re: [tlug] Nice reply by Torvalds

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 17/05/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> Josh Glover writes:
>
>  > I seriously doubt this, for all reasonable definitions of "minimal".
>  > Has anyone reading this thread ever been involved in a patent search?
>  > How much time, effort, and money did it take?
>
> I have, as one of those asked about prior art.  My lawyer estimates a
> useful search for one potential patentable idea costs about $25,000.

OK, this would be "minimal" to a large corporation. But not to your
average Open Source hacker, and not to a small software shop.

-Josh