On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyway, this is once more a good example of the danger of software patents > - you know what to reply when people say "software patents promote > innovation"
We (AEL, an association promoting freedom in every sense) have just now put on-line a page which contains known software patents and the behaviour of their respective owners wrt Free Software. (We have several patent-related queries outstanding right now) http://www.ael.be/node.php?id=52 We hope that this becomes a valuable source of information on which patent's implementations are available for Free Software work, and which aren't. We also include some contact information to ease communication with the patent holder. Of course, we encourage people on the "incompatible with Free Software" category to inform us of any licensing changes they implement which facilitate Free Software implementations, so that we can promptly update the page accordingly. Best Regards, Tycho -- Tycho Fruru [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Prediction is extremely difficult. Especially about the future." - Niels Bohr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
