Z:gnu-www-ja-stallman-mec-india--f7a98c-But let's suppose that this ha/en

But let's suppose that this happened, and suppose that he has his patent, and he says &ldquo;IBM, you can't compete with me 'cause I've got this patent.&rdquo; But here is what IBM says: &ldquo;Well, gee, let's look at your product, hmm, I have this patent, and this patent and this patent and this patent and this patent that your product is violating. So how about if we cross-license?&rdquo; And the starving genius says &ldquo;hmm, I haven't got enough food in my belly to fight these things, so I'd better give in.&rdquo; And so they sign a cross-license, and now guess what &mdash; IBM can compete with him. He wasn't protected at all!