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- From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
- Subject: [Patents] free sw removed from german website due to US swpat threats
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:22:47 -0400 (EDT)
>A German math professor has backed down by removing his free image
>processing software from the Web at least temporarily due to threats
>from IPIX ....
>The strange thing about this is that Dersch is backing down although the
>claims from IPIX are based only on US patents.
Then Dersch is an idiot getting bad advice who isn't being terrorized.
Unless there are German patents involved, IPIX's US patents don't
require him to do anything. Additionally, this is free image
processing software packages all over the Internet (including some
from US government agency laboratories).
All he has to do is fax a letter to IPIX saying "US PATENTS HAVE NO
ENFORCEMENT VALUE IN GERMANY. GOODBYE."
Greg Aharonian
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