Author: Keith Evans
Date: 15:29:19 01/07/04
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On January 07, 2004 at 13:57:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 07, 2004 at 12:43:01, Ed Trice wrote: > >>On January 07, 2004 at 12:22:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>> >>>I think my attorney's original take on this still stands. You can patent the >>>game, but you really can't prevent someone from writing a program that _plays_ >>>that particular game, and then he can do with it what he wants, from selling it >>>or giving it away. >> >>This is very, very, very incorrect. Please acknowledge that I am advising you >>that all of these posts are now being logged. > > >Please log away. You have published the rules. I will certainly write a >program >to _play_ that game should I choose to do so, and I would not mind taking this >to any court you might choose. You can patent something and prevent me from >making and selling whatever it was you patented, but you can _not_ prevent >me from making one for my own use. black-letter case law applies there. Earlier you said "...then he can do with it what he wants, from selling it..." but now you say "... making one for my own use." Those are two different statements. I doubt that Ed cares about the latter.
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