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Re: does curl infringe this patent?

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2_at_infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 18:28:24 +0100

On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 19:21 +0200, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> A bunch of US-based companies have been sued for infringing on patents, and
> (at least) one of them are using curl for the service they are being sued
> over.
>
> Read my 1100 word rambling about it here:
>
> http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2011/05/11/us-patent-6098180/

In the US, is it possible to bring *private* criminal prosecutions as it
is in the UK? Or can only the state do that?

I'd love to see someone prosecuted for fraud, for one of these cases.
It *is* quite blatant fraud.

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