Re: [R] Re: diamond graphs and patents

2003-08-28 Thread Patrick Connolly
On Wed, 27-Aug-2003 at 01:40PM -0400, Alvaro Muñoz wrote: | Drs. Harrell and O'Keefe, | | | | Thank you for your suggestions. | | Although it is at odds with your beliefs, University staff working | on licensing and technology transfer believe that a patent may be a | vehicle to achieve a

Re: [R] Re: diamond graphs and patents

2003-08-28 Thread David Scott
My reaction when learning of a proposed patent on a new graph was: oh well, that's something I can forget about. Without a patent, code would have been available in R in a very short period of time, the statistical community would have been able to play around with it, see how it worked on

Re: [R] Re: diamond graphs and patents

2003-08-28 Thread Ko-Kang Kevin Wang
I have been reading this discussion (or debate, depends on your point of view) with great interest in the last few days. On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, David Scott wrote: My reaction when learning of a proposed patent on a new graph was: oh well, that's something I can forget about. Without a patent,

Re: [R] Re: diamond graphs and patents

2003-08-28 Thread Barry Rowlingson
David Scott wrote: but if any of us are to do likewise I guess we will either pay up or secretly write code and play around with diamond graphs while hidden in the basement. Okay, lets stand up and be counted: who has been writing diamond graph code? Mine's 60 lines. Like others I welcome the