On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, m2 wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt a écrit : > > > > Assuming that we are actually infringing on any patents (which I don't > > believe): > > It perfectly sums up the problem : you don't believe. I am a notorious atheist and sceptic here in my little corner of the world :-) > But you cannot > know. The only way to know whether a software is infringing a > patent is to publish this software and to wait for the attack of a > patent holder. It is impossible to read all the descriptions of patents > published by PTO's. There are too much of them (any triviality you can > think of is already patented, to get a software patent it is sufficient > to pay). Moreover, they are written in a IP lawyer dialect, i.e., not > understanble for an ordinary human being. > > Now, if you think Lazarus and FPC are not infringing some patents, > think twice. An example? The dialogue box "Compiler options" in > Lazarus. This is a tabbed notebook. Have a look at > > http://webshop.ffii.de/index.en.html > > Particularly, the patent EP #689533. This is the point: 100% percent of all software is infringing on some patent, making the use of patents null and void. Michael. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
