--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcan...@...> wrote: > > Afraid so. It's a done deal. The patent office in the US is in their pocket. > They have a long history of patenting things that they did not invent. They > call it rights elevator and not sudo and they are doing via GUI which gets > around the previous use problem, but essentially they have patented what has > been commonplace in Linux for years. So if we were to have a graphical > interface for sudo we would be in violation of their patent. It is U.S. > patent 7,617,530 and it was issued almost a year ago. > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390 > http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/microsoft-launches-open-source-net-package-manager-163 > http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Microsoft-to-Develop-own-Open-Source-Platform >
A patent is worthless if there is prior art. Just because you get a patent does not mean that it is worth the paper it is printed on! Or if what is patented is obvious to practitioners in a field either. I think one of my heroes sums up the whole patent debacle best: http://www.tinaja.com/glib/casagpat.pdf ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: linux_newbies-dig...@yahoogroups.com linux_newbies-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
