Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread hexe_2003
directBOX Reply --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 24.09.2003 12:07:26 Hello. Can anyone report what is going on with the EU software patents? How they would affect immediately the audio and graphics development we are doing? Xine?

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:59:32PM +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: I would like to propose the following: if EU gets the software patents, then should non-profit open source community and non-profit academic researchers get patents for free. Then we would be in equally competitive situation.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Frederick Gleason
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 05:59, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: They were more conserned about how companies' money escapes from research and development to the patent lawyers when companies *have to* start patenting. (It looks like professional politicians do not realize that nobody forces to

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Tim Orford
Juhana, would you happen to have any pointers to the media coverage on this? It's been a non-issue in the North American media. http://swpat.ffii.org/ cheers -- Tim Orford

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Juhana Sadeharju hat gesagt: // Juhana Sadeharju wrote: Hello. Can anyone report what is going on with the EU software patents? How they would affect immediately the audio and graphics development we are doing? Xine? Sodipodi? Others? I suppose you wouldn't be allowed to control one

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Paul Winkler
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:36:59PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, Juhana Sadeharju hat gesagt: // Juhana Sadeharju wrote: Hello. Can anyone report what is going on with the EU software patents? How they would affect immediately the audio and graphics development we are doing? Xine?

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Frederick Gleason
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 12:51, Paul Winkler wrote: Sue every radio station in the world? Then again, Major Armstrong did give RCA a hard time back in the 50s. Slightly different baseband frequency range, though... :) Cheers!

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Paul Winkler hat gesagt: // Paul Winkler wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:36:59PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: I suppose you wouldn't be allowed to control one oscillator's frequency with the output of another oscillator using more than about 10 Hz because that is Frequency

Re: [linux-audio-dev] EU software patents?

2003-09-24 Thread Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano
Hello. Can anyone report what is going on with the EU software patents? How they would affect immediately the audio and graphics development we are doing? Xine? Sodipodi? Others? I suppose you wouldn't be allowed to control one oscillator's frequency with the output of another oscillator