From: Stefan Skoglund <stetson@ebox.tninet.se>
Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream
Date: 1999/12/07
Date: 1999-12-10T23:55:59+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <384D66E3.C711845B@ebox.tninet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 824a8c$4p9$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar wrote:
> Yes, indeed, and that is why software patents are so worrisome.
> In some cases you cannot avoid infringing however much diligence
> you put into avoiding infringement, because at some stages in
> the process the patent can still be confidential, yet still
> protected retroactively.
A far bit of the patents gotten today by big corporations is simply
insurance against litigation. MS and IBM striked a deal where
IBM and MS will have access each other patents for a pretty long time.
If you don't have the patents you could be toast which i think
contradicts
against one of the main reasons behind patents.
> position, my concern is more that people should be aware of the
> threat that software patents pose to innovation and advancement
> of science (phrase chosen intentionally to echo the commerce
> clause). This is of course a bit off topic for comp.lang.ada,
> so probably followups should go to one of the many groups that
> discuss software patents. Sorry to drift off topic!
You aren't joking. Last year we had a small thing in the papers about
not so rich swedish institutions who were worried about their
abilities to continue doing state-funded research (usage of some patent
in research could be an patent infringement and).
That small instituion was Karolinska institutet.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-12-07 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-28 0:00 Decoding an octet stream Florian Weimer
1999-11-29 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-11-30 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund [this message]
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-02 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Stupid patent tricks (was: Decoding an octet stream) Ted Dennison
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-02 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-03 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Numeric types Mario Amado Alves
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Geoff Bull
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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