Messages in this thread |  | | From | Marty Fouts <> | Subject | RE: Tux 2 patents | Date | Fri, 6 Oct 2000 13:57:22 -0700 |
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Please be careful with attributions. I did not write the paragraph attributed to me below, which contains information I believe is incorrect.
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Phillips [mailto:news-innominate.list.linux.kernel@innominate.de] Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 12:24 PM To: Marty Fouts; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tux 2 patents
Marty Fouts wrote: >> IANAL, but I believe that once you've implemented a method in a released > product, you have only one year to file the patents for it. If you don't > file patents for it within this time period, it becomes public domain. I > think it would be possible to invalidate their patents, but I don't think > it would be possible to get your own patent on it after the fact and refuse > to let them use it.
No, that was never under consideration (I guess I just don't have the right mindset for this:) I'm looking at the ways in which the phase tree algorithm is superior to what they're doing. And actually, I'm not worried about NetApp, I'm worried about Sauron^H^H^H^H^H^H Bill.
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