Dave, you should check your agreement with your previous client. Many
boilerplate contracts include a clause addressing patents that you
may be subject to.
- Allan
Allan Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Multimedia Production and Programming
Back in Chicago. Really.
"No matter where you go, there you are." - BB
On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Dave Mennenoh wrote:
Question - as a software developer, are we free to create anything
we want if we use our own, from scratch, code? For instance, we
created a Flash based Virtual Makeover application a couple years
back. We may make a new one for a new client but our old client has
issue. Evidently they "invented" this makeover system, and even
have a patent: http://tinyurl.com/2yxj8v
But there are other examples of such systems. Maybe they're not
identical, but the good ones work much the same. To me, it's
utterly ridiculos that I could be stopped from writing any kind of
software. I could make a Riven clone called Raven if I wanted,
couldn't I? Anyone have any input?
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