runas-patent vs sudo

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:

> can we expect that sudo will not be included in fc3 ?
>
> "due to potential patent problems" (the default redhat/fedora sentence)
>
>
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=6,775,781&OS=6,775,781&RS=6,775,781 
>
>
> paten-no: 6,775,781    august 10, 2004
> assignee: microsoft corporation
> filed: july 20, 2000


http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/search-adv.htm


nice to see the amount of microsoft patents,
i expect that we will see in the near future for what it is worth to 
claim these patents.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&f=S&l=50&d=ptxt&Query=an%2Fmicrosoft


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/Searching 1976 to present.../

*Results of Search in 1976 to present db for:
AN/microsoft*: 3431 patents.
/Hits *1* through *50 * out of *3431
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/Searching 1976 to present.../

*Results of Search in 1976 to present db for:
AN/novell*: 242 patents.
/Hits *1* through *50 * out of *242*
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/

/Searching 1976 to present.../

*Results of Search in 1976 to present db for:
AN/cisco*: 1345 patents.
/Hits *1* through *50 * out of *1345*
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/*Results of Search in db for:
AN/redhat*: 0 patents.
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*Results of Search in db for:
AN/suse*: 0 patents.
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shrek-m