Kent Tenney wrote: > OK. so the _concept_ of deriving a profile from 2 files which describes > their difference is patented, regardless of the software used to do it.
You can't patent ideas (and concepts are ideas). Patents cover particular implementations of ideas. > Clearly you cannot offer code which implements that concept. There is considerable debate about whether source code or even executable code can, in itself be a patent infringement, since they aren't capable of doing anything without being compiled and run. Graeme Gill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
