Can you say "codefendant"?
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On Jan 2, 2008, at 5:20 PM, "Daevid Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do it anyways. Release it as Open Source. IBM is big into the FOSS
community, and I seriously doubt they will persue this.
Just because they have a patent, you can always build a better mouse
trap.
You are allowed to improve upon an idea that is patented, or do it a
slightly different way the patent states.
Honestly, sometimes ignorance is bliss. It might have been a better
idea to
NOT research patents -- it's not like you were going to build a
company
around this little script.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kugel,Miriam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:29 PM
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Database Cleaner
I am thinking to write a database cleanup tool.
According to my research they are many application specific database
cleaners but not a general one.
I found a patent:
US Patent Number *07188116* - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
DELETING DATA IN A
DATABASE
As far as I got it I cannot write my tool because I am infringing
this
patent.
Just unbelievable!!!!
Any idea would be welcome.
Miriam
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