23 Nov
2007
23 Nov
'07
9:30 p.m.
On Nov 23, 2007 9:48 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot@gmail.com> wrote:
Only noticed this now...
Sebastian Redl wrote:
Giovanni Piero Deretta wrote:
[1] which in practice makes the patent useless, with the notable of exception of preventing others to patent the same idea.
The mere publication of the library does this, by virtue of being prior art. The only advantage is that having a patent makes fighting the other patent that much easier.
And to clear up any confusion... One can't patent "ideas".
Wish it was true... Ideally you can't, in practice yes: isn't an algorithm an idea? Anyways, we are probably drifting off topic. -- gpd