On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 13:41 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > A few mostly rhetorical questions: > > Are you violating the patent by implementing it with code, or by building > it into a binary (and then distributing it)? I would be hard pressed to > agree if you suggested the latter. The directive that was shot down by the European Parliament would have made publication an infringement, so this work-around would be an infringement in Europe, had it passed. > Violating a patent with knowledge and intent is generally punished more > ferociously than doing so unwittingly. In some jurisdictions, it amounts > to triple damages. A "--unencumbered" build flag would clearly demonstrate > knowledge and intent in the implementation. And soon criminal charges (a new directive coming in from your's truly the European Commission). Yes, for patent infringement too. Rui -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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