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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by SolarNet on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:33PM (#21468758)
> Sure, the Sentry of now might never do that - but if/when they're acquired for their patents and licenses that acquiring company may.

And the three year conversion window gives you cover there. It's a question of will the Sentry of the next three years do that.

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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by falcolas on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @07:09PM (#21469046)
Not necessarily. There's nothing stopping an entity from suing you in 5 years for your use of Sentry in those intervening 3 years.
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