> But what about patents? I don't know what is involved here, but wouldn't a > competing player probably infringe on hundreds of MM patents, regardless of > if it's a commercial product or not? And how would international law apply? >
Patents are indeed a different matter. You dont need to agree to anything to potentially infringe a patent. But I doubt there is any patented stuff in the player. It seems like it would have been talked about already on one of the lists, and I have never heard anybody mention it. You can search patents at uspto.gov. But they also have a legal obligation to list all issued patents in some obvious place. This could be in the download screen or in the packaged product, or somewhere. If they dont list the patent, they can *loose* it. So I wouldnt be to worried about patents, but you should keep at least one eye open. Regards Hank _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
