On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Mark Malewski <[email protected]>wrote:
> What exactly is going on? > > Did someone apply for a patent? Are ANY patents pending? If so, please > let us know what patents are currently pending, so we can at least look them > over and contest them. > > > Yes Diva, Please lets be a bit more explicit about why the sudden interest in patents... I don't want to read them, I don't want to rant about them, but i am curious about why NOW? Whats the big happy trigger event???? I spent less than 10 minute with a google query "microsoft virtual world patents" to collect these 2 interesting gems.... http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/12/microsoft-rethinking-avatar-creation-tools.html Microsoft Rethinking Avatar Creation Tools? Microsoft is apparently exploring ways to make Xbox Live avatars more like their users. To that end, the company has filed for a patent that details "an Avatar generator for a virtual environment [which] reflects a physiological characteristic of the user, injecting a degree of reality into the capabilities or appearance." and another interesting tidbit.... http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/021009-microsoft-patent.html Curtis Wong, who is one of four Microsoft Research co-inventors of the technology, said in a statement: "The goal of this patent is to make the interaction between the physical and virtual worlds a little more seamless." Wong, who has authored 45 patents, also was a co-inventor in 2006 on Microsoft's 5,000th patent, a technology that let people become spectators in online video games. so...whats the game????? When questions get raised about the use of MONO and if THAT poses a danger to the project the answer is NO>>>..Microsoft has "released" the parts of mono WE use, and issued a "promise" that we don't have to worry about meeting up with a Microsoft legal team in the future..... Where's the outrage over MS filing "silly" patents? I certainly don't want to prolong the off-topic discussions about the future of IP... and I'm not attempting to defend anyone elses' actions. Except for the off-topic rants...Ive read every word so far and all I've really heard is "DONT DO IT, ITS BAD and some references to some event. Until I know what the event was, I'm certainly not sure how to evaluate a followup comment " No need to panic, the project is not in danger. " D
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