Re: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread Nathan Torkington
Joe Schaefer writes: A causal reading seems to suggest that most mod_perl-based templating systems do exactly what this patent will cover: i.e. set up a non-HTML based website where templates dynamically convert non-HTML files into HTML. IANAL (and IVAGINAL too, but that's for a different

Re: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread John Armstrong
Is this applying to an application based tool only or does it also apply to web based tools? We have a product that we have licensed out for 4 years or so that does exactly this via the web( approx 5000 sites are using it now ). I am sure others do as well. Just not sure what the scope of

Re: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread Ged Haywood
Hi all, On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote: Joe Schaefer writes: A causal reading seems to suggest that most mod_perl-based templating systems do exactly what this patent will cover: the tool generates the customized Web site without the web site creator writing any HTML or

Re: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread Joshua Chamas
Joe Schaefer wrote: Has anyone else noticed this? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=/netahtml/search-bool.htmlr=10f=Gl=50co1=ANDd=ft00s1=HTMLOS=HTMLRS=HTML A causal reading seems to suggest that most mod_perl-based templating systems do exactly what

RE: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread Adam Prime
: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:03 PM To: Nathan Torkington Cc: Joe Schaefer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM patents Template Systems? Hi all, On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote: Joe Schaefer writes: A causal reading seems to suggest that most mod_perl-based

Re: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Ged Haywood wrote: An only slightly less casual reading indicates that anyone who writes use strict; or html isn't at risk of violating this patent. It looks to me that products like Zope or Midgard are more going to be in violation, but since they are Python and

Re: IBM patents Template Systems?

2001-10-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
Ged Haywood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote: Joe Schaefer writes: A causal reading seems to suggest that most mod_perl-based templating systems do exactly what this patent will cover: the tool generates the customized Web site without the