Thomas Charron wrote: > On 9/27/07, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thomas Charron wrote: >>> On 9/27/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> France Telecom has a whole slew of patents for things that >>>> personally, I disagree with. Take a gander at this page: >> I think the prior art is pretty well established. BellSouth basically >> patented XMPP a few years back too, but we have good records of the >> early released software way back before any corporations were involved >> in our little community. > > Unfortunately, it could be sad, as once a patent IS granted, you > have a right to enforce it until it is invalidated. My understanding > of the process is, those are two separate issues, which end up costing > money.
Whether anyone would try to enforce these patents is an open question (they may simply be defensive). But point taken. > But I digress. I don't see it ever happening, I just find the whole > affair of patents in the modern day very, very depressing. I can't disagree with that! /psa
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