Re: Legal Issues with WEB
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Legal Issues with WEB Anyone see this or run into such issues? What is your point? What does this have to do with MainFrames? - WebSphere runs on z/OS as well. And, if this case is valid, may impact use of Web technologies on the mainframe as well as on any other platform. So it is not mainframe specific, but might impact some mainframe users. And, since this is a patented technology, redevelopment from scratch doesn't matter. A patent can stop you from using code that you wrote yourself, if that code violates the patent. Software patents stink. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Legal Issues with WEB
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Legal Issues with WEB I'm not familiar with the specific patents in question, but it should be obvious by now that nearly all software patents are either stupid, obvious or both. Big companies that hold huge portfolios of these stupid things trade them with other big companies to the net effect of building legal barriers that prevent small companies from building and selling software. The end consumer pays more for crappy software while the lawyers clean up. Google your favorite software company and read some of their ridiculous patents for yourself. Here's a stupid one: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6981278.html SNIP I was involved in defending against a patent that had been granted -- the patent appeared to me to violate an existing patent, and what it claimed I could demonstrate that NETVIEW had been doing for years. The problem with these things are, once granted, the owner is presumed righteous and all costs to quash it are born by the challenger. It then becomes a form of legal extortion. Regards, Steve Thompson -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may not necessarily reflect those of my employer. -- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Legal Issues with WEB
Anyone see this or run into such issues? What is your point? What does this have to do with MainFrames? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Legal Issues with WEB
I'm not familiar with the specific patents in question, but it should be obvious by now that nearly all software patents are either stupid, obvious or both. Big companies that hold huge portfolios of these stupid things trade them with other big companies to the net effect of building legal barriers that prevent small companies from building and selling software. The end consumer pays more for crappy software while the lawyers clean up. Google your favorite software company and read some of their ridiculous patents for yourself. Here's a stupid one: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6981278.html Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies LLC On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Thompson, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone see this or run into such issues? http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic; articleId=9067863source=NLT_PMnlid=8http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9067863source=NLT_PMnlid=8 (watch wrap) Regards, Steve Thompson -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may not necessarily reflect those of my employer. -- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
