Call me too wary, but discussing these things in the open on the developer's list may provide information that lawyers may further find as fodder.....
nick knouf wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Richard Dobson wrote: > >> José Antonio wrote: >> >>> There is no "intelectual property". >>> >>> Patents and copyright are just monopoly granted by state. Period. >>> >>> As any monopoly, this kind of monopoly cause damages to society. >>> >>> Why Exxon and At&T can't do monopoly, and Micorsoft and Warner can? >>> > > I definitely agree with you; unfortunately there are lawyers that can > make one's life very difficult because of these existing laws... > > >> In any case, I can't see what their case is. Their product (as clearly >> presented on their web site) uses two pairs of shift keys, left and >> right sides of the keyboard, to access multiple extra characters. >> The XO >> does not do this, as far as I can see. >> > > From my reading of the press release, it seems as if they are > claiming infringement in drivers that come with the XO; that the XO > contains code that interfaces with their proprietary keyboard > design. I don't know enough about the product to know if their extra > shift keys are simply coded as extra modifier keys, which would seem > to make their claim of "intellectual property" quite shaky indeed. > Even so, any case, if it were to go to trial, would likely be > draining in terms of financial resources for OLPC, not to mention the > potential for bad press. > > nick > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel