On Sep 14, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Geoffrey Hutchison wrote:
>> Basically this means there is no clear resolution to the issue of
>> smi23d and patents.
> ...
>> Sheesh, and all we did was implement an algorithm from a paper :(
>
> Yes, I know the feeling. This is why so many people are against
> software patents. Of course the situation is not much better in wet
> chemistry -- someone can patent a process and then publish it. You
> can certainly repeat the published procedure, but the end result is
> still covered by patent. (Thus the problem with generic drugs and
> patents.)
>
> I think Noel's discovery of RD-Kit and their 3D coordinate
> generation may make this point moot.
Right
> We'll get there -- and who knows, maybe they will clear the patent
> for open source use. It shouldn't affect the commercial side of
> their patent.
We may just pull out the SPE code and replace it with distance
geometry. A pity since SPE is a really elegant algorithm.
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