On 9/5/06, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thursday 31 August 2006 19:51, Lance Hanlen wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:06:37 -0600
> >
> > "Lance Hanlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I really want to emphasize that patents are not so bad unless
> > > you're a giant corporation.
> >
> > Not fully true. Patents are a big problem if you are a small
> > company or a free time project like 99.999% of the OSS projects
> > are.
>
> I realized you're absolutely right to be suspicious of patents.
As an additional argument:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5312696.stm
This is extremely interesting! I have often pontificated that any
algorithm can be "improved" past its patented version. If these guys
really did find a way to beat the MP3 standard, and they can win, all
our patent worries are over! We just keep improving things :D
--
Lance
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
- Robert Frost
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