On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 03:24:42PM +0200, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 10:58:24AM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:39:19PM +1000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > > > I beleive this method is patented by somebody, which is why it's not in > > > > use/supported. > > Possibly it was only patented in the non-free united companies of america. > So it might well go into non-free (the inversion of the meaning comes > straight out of 1984).
Well, a lot of patents are recognised across borders. And someone could write it in a country that doesn't recognise software patents, but the DeCSS stuff showed that that's not safe either. Software patents are just plain irritating. -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Ignorance continues to thrive when intelligent people choose to do > nothing. Speaking out against censorship and ignorance is the imperative > of all intelligent people. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
