On 11/13/2017 09:34 AM, Merlijn Sebrechts wrote: > Just got a scholar alert for three patents that seem to be describing > Juju/TOSCA. > > - "TOPOLOGY BASED MANAGEMENT WITH STAGE AND VERSION > POLICIES": http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2017/0302532.html > - "TOPOLOGY BASED MANAGEMENT WITH COMPLIANCE > POLICIES": http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2017/0302531.html > - TOPOLOGY BASED MANAGEMENT OF SECOND DAY OPERATIONS": > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2017/0302537.html > > These were filed in 2014 by HPE. Even with a grace period of one year, > it's still more than a year after the first release of Juju and TOSCA. > Is Canonical interested in fighting this? >
Juju is covered by the Open Invention Network, so I wouldn't expect any problems from HPE in this regard. If it's straightforward to notify the patent office of prior art, then I'd be happy to facilitate that. Mark -- Juju mailing list Juju@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju
