[wellylug] NZ Software Patents

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:22 +1200, John Durham wrote:
> In that case it might be settled quite simply. Once the writer knows of 
> the error, the work could be removed or changed so that it doesn't 
> infringe the copyright. Some cases might be harder than others, but as 
> long as no wrong was intended by either party it could be treated as a 
> simple mistake (those things we make every day).

hi John,

I'm not talking about copyright, I'm talking about patents - patent
violation is not copyright infringement.

Some work can be changed to work around the patent, but there have been
patents for trivial ideas that often can't be worked around properly.

regards,
jethro

-- 
Jethro Carr
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog
www.amberdms.com
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