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It's too late for that - and as someone pointed out, intentionally
breaching a patent qualifies for triple damages. Attempts to "code
fast" before the patent is issued would be interpreted as exactly that.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, the ball is in the patent office's court now. Prior art
can be submitted in hopes that the patent applications will not be
approved, but other than that the way forward - assuming the patents
are issued - is a painful process of finding ways to implement OS
without infringing, and of course you will never know if you are
successful until the matter is settled in court.<br>
<br>
This is a sad day for all the people that have invested so much time
and work and passion into OS.<br>
<br>
Frank<br>
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On 2/3/2010 11:40 AM, Daniel Smith wrote:
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cite="mid:c1535f991002031040v1aac5057od89b0fd1f8a4983c@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Excellent post. I wonder what people think of the
approach of creating<br>
"prior art" in the near term. Think of what is likely to be needed,<br>
and get rough implementations/prototypes out there. I am thinking<br>
of Diva's point of "code fast". It makes me think "put lots of stakes<br>
in the obvious ground now".<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM, <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:diva@metaverseink.com">diva@metaverseink.com</a>></span>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In
the light of recent events, I want to make this plea explicit and<br>
widely distributed:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.metaverseink.com/blog/?p=30" target="_blank">http://www.metaverseink.com/blog/?p=30</a><br>
<br>
No need to panic, the project is not in danger. But it became clear to<br>
me that we need to raise awareness of this issue, so that people in this<br>
community stop and think before they file patents to please investors<br>
and managers.<br>
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