Re: KDE violates IBM patent

2004-06-11 Thread Robert Osfield
if (caps_lock_on) { beep(0.5); printf(Your caps lock is on.\n); } So this infringes on a IBM patent. great I hope IBM employees are thrilled about working for such an innovative and forward looking company. Robert. On Friday 11 June 2004 14:52, you wrote: On June 8, 2004

Re: Which license to use for MFC based software?

2004-06-02 Thread Robert Osfield
Does anybody have a link to the Microsoft SDK EULA's in question, I'd like to study the document. Cheers, Robert. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: PCT (Patents, Copyright, Trademark) policy and Open Source

2004-01-28 Thread Robert Osfield
Just a coupe of corrections: On Tuesday 27 January 2004 21:11, Robert Osfield wrote: The software patents directive which so far has been turned around at first vote in EP vote back in the summer which ratified that pure software is patentable, as per the 1974 Europen Patent Convention

Re: PCT (Patents, Copyright, Trademark) policy and Open Source

2004-01-28 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Alex, On Wednesday 28 January 2004 15:19, Alexander Terekhov wrote: As an individual (being not at work and not part of some collaborative product development community [CPL terms are the best for it, I believe]), I release the code straight into the public domain, for example:

Re: PCT (Patents, Copyright, Trademark) policy and Open Source

2004-01-28 Thread Robert Osfield
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 17:59, Alexander Terekhov wrote: Robert Osfield wrote: [...] vulnerabilities and risks to our livelihood. If you don't intend to eliminate all IP laws (as an ultimate solution to the problem of vulnerabilities and risks), then something like www.pubpat.org

Re: PCT (Patents, Copyright, Trademark) policy and Open Source

2004-01-28 Thread Robert Osfield
Another interesting read is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reaserch into patent policy and competition policy, you find extracts at: http://www.ffii.org.uk/ftc/ftc.html The conclusion are that in the software sector competition is much more important factor in driving innovation

Re: PCT (Patents, Copyright, Trademark) policy and Open Source

2004-01-27 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Ken, On Tuesday 27 January 2004 20:16, Ken Brown wrote: I am really interested in this stuff. First all, I have to say that I suspect a tad bit of paranoia in the reporting about what's happening overseas. Not overseas for me. I'm based in the Scotland, very much part of the EU for