Author: Michel Langeveld
Date: 08:08:03 01/07/04
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On January 07, 2004 at 10:24:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 07, 2004 at 10:04:59, Michel Langeveld wrote: > >>On January 07, 2004 at 09:59:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On January 07, 2004 at 09:02:21, Michel Langeveld wrote: >>> >>>>>I am in the process of doing this, but please make sure you have a license from >>>>>me before embarking on such a venture. My patent attorneys would have a heart >>>>>attack if they read your post! >>>> >>>>oops ... lots of concerns >>>> >>>>I thought the patent was only if someone goes commercial without a license from >>>>you. >>>> >>>>Do I need a license if I don't release it commercial? >>> >>>No. You can write anything you want. You simply can't sell it or give it away. >> >>Can I give a patched sourcecode away for Winboard/xboard if I fix it that it >>understand this variation? > > >That's a good question. Here is the test, according to an attorney I talked >to: > >If someone patents something, they then hold the right to that "something". You >can build one of those for yourself with absolutely no risk of infringement, but >the minute you sell it or give it away, you then impact the potential benefit to >the patent holder, and that might turn out to be actionable. > >However, this is a game, and the rules are public, so writing a program to play >that game should be perfectly within the internationally accepted patent rules. >However, I'd suggest asking an attorney friend (if you know one) about the >law where you live. I saw that if you enter 6,481,716 in http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm that you can read the patent. I can't read somewhere that it is protected outside the US ... but I am not a patent guru.
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