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Subject: Re: An intersting question to Dr. Hyatt

Author: Mridul Muralidharan

Date: 07:19:34 01/08/04

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On January 08, 2004 at 09:54:42, Ed Trice wrote:

>Since there is all of this discussion about the patent, etc..
>
>I am dropping $1 into the Dr. Robert Hyatt Gothic Chess licensing fund.
>
>You now have a license to make a Gothic Chess program for the next 366 days. You
>can give it away for free if you like, but you cannot sell it. This license is
>non-transferable.
>
>After the license has expired, you and I can talk about relicensing it.
>
>So, after all of the heated discussion, will you do it?


You miss the point completely - most people here are not opposed to paying up $1
- a pretty small amount as you rightly said.
It is the principle of the matter ...

That and the fact that I consider this a pretty frivolous patent application.
(A purely personal opinion).

Mridul



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