From Roland Orre <orre@nada.kth.se>  Wed May  9 08:46:39 2001
From: Roland Orre <orre@nada.kth.se> (Roland Orre)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:46:39 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Patents] On GPL Ideas and Limited Software Patentability
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105090913460.23029-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.30.0105090928040.14471-100000@faun.nada.kth.se>

On Wed, 9 May 2001, PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> > I also said that I will patent this algorithm, ...
>
> Better do it rather than talk about it.

Yes, but I can not patent the complete algorithm, because the patent
system does not protect in the way I feel being necessary. The only
way I can do it, still with reasonable protection, is to patent it
in smaller modules, which are still useful, but doesn't reveal
how the complete system works.

> Although there is a grace period in the USA, it is not advisable
> to give people hints about what you might be trying to patent.
> The same applies to the other parts of the strategy that you are
> envisaging.  Just talking about it makes it appear as if it was
> a scheme designed not for action but for stirring debates on the lists.

No, I know, I've probably given enough hints already, to let
someone else in the same business implement the same ideas if
I'm not hurrying.

> Also, I don't think that slander on mailing lists constitutes an offense
> for which you can sue anyone.  It is not the same as libel, the latter
> consisting in false factual statements about persons.

We will see!

	Best regards
	Roland

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