As far as i know, software patents are not even legal in europe yet. Hopefully they won't ever be... So, at least in europe, there shouldn't be any problem using S3TC compression algorithm. Well that's all i wanted to say... Bye
Le lun 29/12/2003 à 00:16, Alan Cox a écrit : > On Sul, 2003-12-28 at 17:16, Roland Scheidegger wrote: > > btw I don't think you can lose a patent, even in europe. You can lose > > trademarks if you don't defend them. If a patent is actually valid and > > can be enforced (bascially court will decide this, not patent office) is > > a different matter of course. > > In certain cases you can. Mostly by a process known as Estoppel (which > is just a very old word for a promise). The behaviour is very different > to that of trademarks however. > > For example if I own a patent and I release code that uses that patent > and invite you to use it then it is likely that if I tried to sue you > for patent violation I'd lose. By my actions I made a promise to you not > to do so. > > Now you know why every intel and other document contains "no patents > licensed" type clauses 8) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's > Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
