I do agree that patenting the XOR process back in they day for animating sprites was ridiculous. Progress bar? So legally someone could sue me for using a progress bar in my app? The patents have gotten so ridiculous that it would make it impossible for anyone but large corporations to license them to build software. Personally, let them come sue me. I've got nothing they can take. I seriously doubt I can't use tab indexing, page up/down, etc. Are you sure you read the patents right? If so, then every web page, most apps, etc are going to all have to come down and the person who owns that patent will most likely be richer than all other countries combined. If that were held up in the court of law, I can't imagine the ramifications of such an action on the software/tech world.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Rohit Mishra <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All! > > Greetings! > What is this: > Software is basically a language. An algorithm is an expression of an idea. > Patenting it would be like patenting individual words of English. A huge > hindrance to innovation. Copyright is ok! not software patent! > > > Some Weird Software Patents: > > 1. Tab indexing > 2. Page-up, Page-down > 3. Progress Bars > 4. Generate Key Via SMS > 5. Order by cell phone > > It means you can not use them, in your products.There are many more! > > Why Shoud You Sign: This will make our illiterate politicians think before > they make it a law, which will hamper the Indian software market. Please > join us in protesting against Software patents! Click here > > http://petition.nosoftwarepatents.in/ > > > Note: Most of the countries around the world (as of now) do not allow for > it, > including the EU. > > Request: Please forward this to all the Indian s/w professionals you know! > Rohit Mishra > +91-9986478970 > Bangalore, India > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
