[Open-graphics] Re: Patents (was: Re: Decoding HD mpeg)

[Lourens Veen]

On Thursday 31 August 2006 19:51, Lance Hanlen wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:06:37 -0600
> >
> > "Lance Hanlen" <lance.hanlen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I really want to emphasize that patents are not so bad unless
> > > you're a giant corporation.
> >
> > Not fully true. Patents are a big problem if you are a small
> > company or a free time project like 99.999% of the OSS projects
> > are.
>
> I realized you're absolutely right to be suspicious of patents.

As an additional argument: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5312696.stm

It was in the German news yesterday, but I didn't want to post something 
only some people would be able to read.

Lourens
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