On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:52:12PM -0800, Sean Kellogg wrote: > The more operative question is if we found the specification from > the patent file, copied it, and then benefited. As I doubt very > much any Free Software developer has been grepping through the US > Patent repository for ideas, this really isn't an issue.
No, no, no, that's the whole evilness of patents: Even if you got the idea independently (and provably so), it is still patent infringement to use the idea! -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
