Hi On 21 August 2010 15:11, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, > you are right that copyright and patents are totally different. > every man and his dog, knows this,
Actually not, I had a discussion after the meeting last night on this very subject, were you there? > the problem is you have probably not read the suit. Oracle is also claiming > copyright infringement. > '"Google's Android infringes Oracle America's copyrights in Java and Google > is not licensed to do so."' - i can send u the link, You are right, I read this: "There are the seven alleged counts of patent infringement, and all are about software process patents, a controversial type of patent that I believe never should been granted in the first place: Protection Domains to Provide Security in a Computer System (2000) Controlling Access to a Resource (2000) Method and Apparatus for Preprocessing and Packaging Class Files (1999) System and Method for Dynamic Preloading of Classes through Memory Space Cloning of a Master Runtime System Process (2008) Method and Apparatus for Resolving Data References in Generate Code (2003) Interpreting Functions Utilizing a Hybrid of Virtual and Native Machine Instructions (2005) Method and System for Performing Static Initialization (2000)" and kind of assumed it was about patents. > foot in mouth - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_in_mouth' didn't understand this, sorry?? Is it about copyright or am I missing something deep and meaningful? > Thanks Tim -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255784602561 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
