Hello Nick,
"BCS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hello Nick,
Seems a weak reason. A programmer that's worried about infringing
software patents can't write anything more useful than "Hello
World". I'm seriously not convinced at all that it's even possible
to write useful code that doesn't technically infringe on some
software patent. As a programmer, either you accept the fact that
what you do is inevitably going to trample software patents, or you
just simply don't be a programmer. That's all there is.
Or keep an eye on what people have actually been sued over and don't
do that.
In this case I'd be surprised if it could stand up in court.
Especially since the Plaintiff would apperently be the modern-day
Borland. Do they even exist anymore? If they do, would they even be
able to afford a lawyer?
Yes they could, MS bought it (I'm not sure if that's the patent or the company,
but MS has it now).
Unless SEH is insanely convoluted to implement I can't see how the
patent passes the non-obviousness criteria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obviousness
I wonder if you can get a patent thrown out as invalid without
someone infringing on it?
I've wondered that, too. Actually, I've wondered that about US laws in
general. Being a US citizen (and having passed the manditory "American
Government" class in high school) I probably *should* know... :/
In the US we have two kinds of laws; the kind nobody should need and the
kind nobody understands. ;)
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