Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On Mer, 2005-12-07 at 13:44 +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:
> But they can fix that in a trivial way by setting up a separate company,
> "FSF patent management" or some such?

You sell the patent and all rights to an offshore company that does no
other work. They then sue you for violating the patent because you
"accidentally" forgot to keep your own rights, you settle and pay them
back the same amount of money they paid you, you claim tax breaks on the
resulting loss. 

Just spinning off a company in the modern day world is so tax
inefficient.


Alan
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