this says they are suing Desire2Learn. So they're saying they won't sue the open source people, but nobody else can make a profit on it?
On 2/2/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Specific? Not really. They patented e-learning. The whole damn thing. > > "a system and methods for implementing education online" by providing > courses that "include assignments, announcements, course materials, chat > and whiteboard facilities, and the like." In particular, the patent > includes what amounts to group permissions for access to course materials. > (from NewsForge: > http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/07/01/31/1634204.shtml?tid=147) > > So.... sharing documents electronically (FTP anyone) for the purposes of > education. Online classes. Your prof posting assignments and > announcements on his website. Yeah. Not that specific. > > --Ben > > Nick McClure wrote: > > Still the reach of patents has to be very specific. I can't remember > > what exactly blackboard got the patent for, but it would be very > > difficult for them to go after somebody that didn't exactly copy the > > functionality to the letter. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Denshtizzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:21 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Re: Blackboard pledges not to use its patents against > > open-source > >> alternatives > >> > >> Admirable! It bugs me when people are like, trying to patent the > > wheel. > >> "No no, I thought that whole ask a question/get an answer thing up!" > >> > >> On 2/1/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Cool. > >>> > >>> Education software firm OKs open-source patent use > >>> ... > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
