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Subject: Re: Gothic Chess Patent Links...

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 04:49:56 01/08/04

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On January 08, 2004 at 07:39:55, Peter Berger wrote:

>I really don't understand how this licensing scheme is supposed to work, and
>even less after reading your explanations.
>
>a.) Someone might write a Gothic Chess engine just for the kicks.
>
>He doesn't need a license, obviously. Though your patent might forbid to even
>do this, everyone can write any piece of code for his personal and private
>use - no one can monitor this.

I don't know the situation in the US, but in Germany it's perfectly legal to do
so. Patent law is an industrial property right. Private persons _cannot_ break
any patents by definition.

Not sure about the situation in the US though.

Sargon

PS. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_341943.html :)



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