Don't worry, most of these patents and there children will have expired by the year 2025. only about twelve years to go! Le 2013-08-26 05:47, "Stefan Kubicek" <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Thx Alan, I knew about the render region, and I'm not surprised of the > toon and quick stretch ones either. > What I really wonder is: how could any developer these days write > commercial software and hope not to infringe any patents by accident? It's > a total minefield, let alone financially prohibitive due to cost of patent > research. Heck, I hear even the progress bar is, or was until recently, > patented! It's coming to a point where it's getting impossible for small > companies and individuals to develop anything commercially. And that's not > a problem in a land far far away. It already affects my daily work, as > illustrated by the lack of decent hair modeling solutions for Soft other > than that Shave version from stone age. Peregin's Yeti cannot be sold in > America due to legal dispute with Joe Alter, and I believe that other "hair > mesh modeling" tech is also Patented by Cem Yuksel (Hair Farm), and I doubt > he has plans to port it to Softimage himself. > Patents are to protect those who take risks and invest in research and > development, I understand that, but I feel it's getting to a point where it > does more harm than good. They simply remain effective for too long, > anything longer than 5 years is a lifetime in software development. > > All one can do is either not write software or just don't give a fuck, > close his eyes and push forward in hope that nobody sues his ass off. Did I > miss anything? > > > > Softimage has a bunch of patents actually. >> >> >> >> Render region: >> http://www.google.com/patents >> ?id=1k8EAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&dq=**avid%20technology%20render&pg=** >> PA12#v=onepage&q&f=false >> >> XSI's QuickStretch deformer: >> http://www.google.com/patents >> ?id=NxcgAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&dq=**softimage&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&**f=false >> >> There's a few more, including one for toon shading: >> https://www.google.com/search?**tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=** >> inassignee:%22Softimage%22<https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=inassignee:%22Softimage%22> >> >> >> Oh, and Avid appears to have a patent on editing f-curves in 2D space: >> https://www.google.com/**patents/WO2000063847A1?cl=en&** >> dq=avid+softimage&hl=en&sa=X&**ei=a4cTUrOxC46g4AP7p4HYCA&ved=** >> 0CDQQ6AEwAA<https://www.google.com/patents/WO2000063847A1?cl=en&dq=avid+softimage&hl=en&sa=X&ei=a4cTUrOxC46g4AP7p4HYCA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:28 AM, Stefan Kubicek <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> >> (http://patent.ipexl.com/****inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.****html<http://patent.ipexl.com/**inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.**html> >>> <http://patent.ipexl.com/**inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.**html<http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.html> >>> > >>> >>>> ) >>>> >>>> >>> What? The XSI Property Editor is actually patented? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Christoph Muetze <[email protected]> >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> ...He didn't just do the skin but also the functional design of the >>>>> user >>>>> interface, right? I was always under the impression that he was the >>>>> designer >>>>> behind the UI. Am i wrong about this? >>>>> >>>>> I always have a hard time explaining people that i do interface design >>>>> - >>>>> and >>>>> that sometimes includes (but is entirely not about) button painting ;) >>>>> I >>>>> couldn't care less about the (admittedly beautiful) skin of Softimage - >>>>> but >>>>> the UI... oh boy, that's (for the largest part) a piece of true art. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> No, he only did the look and skin of the UI. In an interview on >>>> xsibase, it was implied he did "ui design" but this is wrong, it was >>>> only graphic design. >>>> >>>> For the functional design, we had at many people in the early days who >>>> designed that. >>>> >>>> They were called Program Managers, which is how that job was called >>>> at Microsoft in the 1990s, but in this decade we'd call them >>>> interaction designers. For example, one person from Softimage|DS >>>> called Michael Sheasby >>>> (http://patent.ipexl.com/****inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.****html<http://patent.ipexl.com/**inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.**html> >>>> <http://patent.ipexl.com/**inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.**html<http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.html> >>>> >) >>>> is >>>> responsible for all the "modeless inspector" design, i.e. everything >>>> about how the PPGs work, without which XSI wouldn't feel like XSI. >>>> There were different people for each areas. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------****--------------- >>> Stefan Kubicek [email protected] >>> ------------------------------****--------------- >>> keyvis digital imagery >>> Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 >>> A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien >>> Phone: +43 (0) 699 12614231 >>> www.keyvis.at >>> -- This email and its attachments are -- >>> -- confidential and for the recipient only -- >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > ------------------------------**--------------- > Stefan Kubicek [email protected] > ------------------------------**--------------- > keyvis digital imagery > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > Phone: +43 (0) 699 12614231 > www.keyvis.at > -- This email and its attachments are -- > -- confidential and for the recipient only -- > >
