In article I6WdnS3nNaZo6gHFnZ2dnUU7-
, lcb11211@swbelldotnet
says...

On 2/8/2017 8:35 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article bf2808e1-6340-44e8-800e-f0585fa92f44
@googlegroups.com, says...

On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 2:37:36 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/8/2017 1:07 PM, woodchucker wrote:

The man offered all the companies the licensing rights. none took him up
on it.

I don't begrudge him. You do.. that's your problem.


Maybe. I have no idea of the terms he wanted. Over the years so
patents were offered free of royalty because they had the potential to
save lives. Being a generous sort of guy, I once offered a meal to a
starving homeless person for only $30.
http://jalopnik.com/volvo-gave-away-...ave-1069825878

That gesture was over half a century ago. I'm curious as to whether Volvo would be so
quick to give away their City Safety technology today.

I have no idea how it compares with other auto-braking technologies out there, but that's
not the point. In an apples-to-apples modern day comparison, do you know if Volvo is giving
away what they call their "in-house developed unique technology for avoiding low-speed
collisions"? I don't think they are, so why not use that as a comparable to the Saw-Stop
situation instead of a 50+ year old gesture?

When you say "Volvo" you mean "Zhejiang Geely
Holding Group". Volvo ceased to exist as an
indpendent company in 1999.



And what does that have to do with anything.

Since you were discussing the likely behavior of
a nonexistent company it has quite a lot to do
woth anything.