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Re:AT&T lawyer stopped Plan 9 release CD with songs by Lou R... by dekhn on Saturday June 25, 2022 @03:17PM (#31877898)
Agreed, I worked with some very good lawyers at Google who understood the technical details and the context outside of corporate/industry. It wasn't always default 'no', especially if you knew how to ask the questions properly. It was default 'maybe and here's why'.
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Re:AT&T lawyer stopped Plan 9 release CD with songs by Lou R... by AlbertCory on Saturday June 25, 2022 @03:44PM (#31878123)
In fact, I was in Google Patent Litigation, and that's largely where that came from.

But you're right: you have to prepare the ground very carefully when you ask for legal advice. If you just ask out of the blue "can we do this?" you're asking for trouble.

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