Hi,
On 08/22/2010 10:50 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 10:44 +0530, Arun SAG wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves
<law...@thenilgiris.com>wrote:
> >yes
>
Please read http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html
wow - sensational. So where are the patents? I would hate to think I am
wrong about it not having patents.
Red Hat is part of the Open Invention Network.
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Open_Invention_Network
http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/
I was planning to reply to this thread earlier but did not find the time. The
fact of the matter is although they are evil, Patents still are an unfortunate
reality as per the legal system in US. Even if you don't believe in Patents you
can get sued because existing patents are so general that you cannot write any
code beyond 'hello world' style programs without infringing on patents (no jokes !).
Just like so many other things wrong with the world the best way to beat the
system is to work within it yet do the right thing.
To the OP, Rahul already mentioned defensive publication, for example:
http://www.openpatents.net/
Although, if you already own a patent, you could also consider contributing the
patent to organizations such as Open Invention Network or the Open Patent Alliance
http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/contact_donation.php
http://openpatentalliance.com/
cheers,
- steve
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