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Article #74632Re: AT&T Threat against X Windows freedom (LONG!)
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1991 06:08
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1991 06:08
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In article <CLIPPER.91Mar5004414@no13sun.csd.uwo.ca> clipper@no13sun.csd.uwo.ca (Khun Yee Fung) writes: > Do I violate the patent law if I dreamed up a new way to > implement some algorithm; wrote a program using that new method; and > distributed it free of charge, say, through USENET without knowing > that that `new' method had been patented long ago? If it does indeed fall under the claims of the patent, then you are violating the exclusive right of the patentee to make, use, or sell the invention. (Actually, it would probably be the users of your program who directly infringe the patent, but you will be a contributory infringer.) The rest of your questions cannot be answered without further details on the exact situation. ---Dan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b0a85d23901c1430 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-08 10:39:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!umich!yale!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: AT&T Threat against X Windows freedom (LONG!) Message-ID: <7496:Mar606:08:5991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 6 Mar 91 06:08:59 GMT References: <1991Mar2.191440.6458@digi.lonestar.org> <877@nddsun1.sps.mot.com> <CLIPPER.91Mar5004414@no13sun.csd.uwo.ca> Organization: IR Lines: 15