From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 94 08:16:35 PDT
To: smb@research.att.com
Subject: Re: more info from talk at MIT yesterday.
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smb@research.att.com says:
> Why can't they refuse to license a patent?

I was under the impression that the law obligated you to license
patents -- albeit not necessarily at an attractive price. I am quite
likely to be mistaken on this -- my memory on the topic is very
sketchy, as demonstrated by the fact that I didn't realize the
government can patent things (although I was right on copyrights.)

Perry