Hi Maurice. Thats right. I remember it correctly now.
________________________________________ From: Maurice Patel [maurice.pa...@autodesk.com] Sent: 21 April 2016 04:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle I doubt it - issues with open source tend to lie in the fact that products often contain source code licensed from other companies or reused from other products that would need to be extracted and replaced requiring extensive rework and testing. That would have been the case with Softimage. Maurice Maurice Patel Tél: 514 954-7134 Cell: 514 242-6549 -----Original Message----- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 10:51 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle *Sigh* I am very well aware of what a patent is, However it was one of the arguments raised when AD was backpedaling with such ferocity when they realized just how badly they had PR'ed Up. ________________________________________ From: Luc-Eric Rousseau [luceri...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 April 2016 03:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle On 21 April 2016 at 08:50, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > > Wasn’t patents the excuse AD used to not sell it / Open source it ? What? No. It looks like you don't understand what a patent is. A patent is published and documented, it's not protected by hiding source code that implements it. It's protected by being filed with the patent office. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. = <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table> ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. = <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table> ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
