Comments on: Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim http://maas-frensch.com/peter/2006/06/30/red-hat-sued-over-hibernate-orm-patent-claim/ Peter Maas's Weblog Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: peter http://maas-frensch.com/peter/2006/06/30/red-hat-sued-over-hibernate-orm-patent-claim/#comment-115 peter Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:28:50 +0000 http://maas-frensch.com/peter/2006/06/30/red-hat-sued-over-hibernate-orm-patent-claim/#comment-115 Well sure, Redhat could have done this. However this was not my point... My problem with this is that a company like Firestar, which for sure knew about Hibernate before Redhat bought JBoss, waited for the big dollars to claim their patent. The use of Hibernate changed A LOT in the Java EE landscape, in a really positive way... the claim by Firestar seems to be solely related to making money over someones else's back... not a single positive aspect to the Java community AT ALL! Well sure, Redhat could have done this. However this was not my point… My problem with this is that a company like Firestar, which for sure knew about Hibernate before Redhat bought JBoss, waited for the big dollars to claim their patent.
The use of Hibernate changed A LOT in the Java EE landscape, in a really positive way… the claim by Firestar seems to be solely related to making money over someones else’s back… not a single positive aspect to the Java community AT ALL!

]]> By: Frank http://maas-frensch.com/peter/2006/06/30/red-hat-sued-over-hibernate-orm-patent-claim/#comment-111 Frank Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:10:55 +0000 http://maas-frensch.com/peter/2006/06/30/red-hat-sued-over-hibernate-orm-patent-claim/#comment-111 Well, if it was within the due dilligence period Redhat could have just renigged on the contract. That is what the due dilligence period is for. I might know fairly little about Firestar (Who???) or Jboss (What???) but I know my way around patents and such. Well, if it was within the due dilligence period Redhat could have just renigged on the contract.
That is what the due dilligence period is for.
I might know fairly little about Firestar (Who???) or Jboss (What???) but I know my way around patents and such.

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