On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 09:23, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > Can I just check something? If I write some code in R to produce these > diamond graphs - I reckon 20-30 lines should do it - and post it to > R-help, have I broken the law if there's a patent on them? If I produce > these graphs using a pen, paper and my own artistic skill, will that > make me liable to a jail term? Will my code or artistic efforts be okay > if I pay the originators a fee and put a 'licensed diamond-graph > producer #55243' logo at the bottom? > > Now I'm starting to worry that SCO will claim they hold copyrights on > histograms. > > Baz
I was wondering if SCO might come up in this thread... :-) As an FYI, these articles on ZDNet this week, may be of interest: Patent battle to culminate in Brussels http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5068007.html The patent nuclear weapon (commentary) http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-5067526.html BTW Frank, excellent points made in your reply. Marc ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help