Re: Free software and software patents (was Re: the skinny -- a LEGAL *nightmare*)

1999-11-27 Thread Mark Shewmaker
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 08:37:59PM +, Richard Watts wrote: On Friday 26 November 1999, Seth David Schoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't think of _any_ open source license which forbids the use of patented algorithms within the source code base. So, the way to address this issue

Free software and software patents (was Re: the skinny -- a LEGAL *nightmare*)

1999-11-26 Thread Richard Watts
[ this should probably be moved to the other list, whatever it's called ... ] On Friday 26 November 1999, Seth David Schoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nelson Rush writes: I see a few problem areas. Section 2 describes the inclusion of patented software algorithms as being allowable. Now