Let's check the patent filing dates etc. Could just be that we have prior art. Can anybody get a date that nasal was originally committed?
Giles Robertson > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 March 2004 02:20 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trademark violations could be a problem > > I was just reading about how M$ has recently started patenting lots more > of > their stuff than they used to - link: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36520.html > > and came across the following: > > 'The 139 patents assigned to the company by the USPTO already in 2004 > includes, "Systems, methods and data structures for encompassing scripts > written in one or more scripting languages in a single file using XML"' > > This sounds a lot like how some of us have used Nasal in the aircraft '- > set' > files. > > I hope it's nothing to worry about. > > LeeE > > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
