> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of The Fool
... > CVS. Not even close. There's no way that patent could affect CVS. It is a specific way of using a hierarchical file system for collaborative website development. Take out any *one* of the specifics and you're not infringing. CVS doesn't do everything described, in the way described. This is not to say that it doesn't resemble CVS. But CVS doesn't have the notions of work, staging and edition areas, each of which is a hierarchical file system, for example. It is a process patent, I'm fairly sure, having looked closer at it -- it describes the flow of things through the system. Software process patents are usually trivial to work around. I know, my name is on one. Just change the flow or a stage along the way. It contains language that would seem to make it apply very broadly, but the stuff that matters is in the specific claims. And I use CVS every day... (ugh). Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
