2016-08-19 17:36 GMT+02:00 Jayesh Badwaik <archlinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > The point was patents. > A company can give out licenses to use a patent. If Microsoft would have patented stuff in PowerShell, but then releases them with the following license included: > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy > of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal > in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights > to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell > copies of the Software ... Then Microsoft has given you a license to use that patent under the conditions listed above, and they cannot sue you. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
